The Unseelie King's Bargain

Step through the wrong door, and the dark will ask your name. Princess Alyssa thought the fae were only bedtime monsters-until Nightmere, the Unseelie court, drags her into a palace that feeds on vows, secrets, and the sweetest sound of all: surrender. To save her brother Rowan, Alyssa is forced into a bargain with Malachai, an Unseelie king bound by ancient debts and a leash of living red cord. In Nightmere, every word is a doorway.
Every promise becomes a chain. And the Root Room-a pool of hungry water beneath the palace-demands a price paid in blood, truth, and names. As Alyssa learns to weaponize silence and refuse a realm built on bargains, the line between enemy and ally blurs. Malachai is danger wrapped in a crown, but he is also the only one who understands how to survive a court that devours mercy. Together they attempt the impossible: steal Rowan back from the roots and tear free of Nightmere's grip-before the palace takes its interest and turns love into its next meal.
Because the cruelest bargains aren't the ones you sign. They're the ones you survive.