What if your guardian became your greatest threat?

Bound by a silver oath meant to shield, I found it chained me instead. But the real battle isn’t the burning mark on my wrist—it’s my forbidden love for Dominic. He’s both my protector and executioner, my salvation and ruin.

How do you defy fate when your heart has already surrendered to it?

Love's Betrayal at Silvercrest


The predawn air bit at my skin as I crouched beside my window, watching the patrol guards complete their rounds.

The map Mrs. Rivers had tucked into the back pages of Elise's diary trembled in my fingers as I checked my escape route one last time. Three minutes between shifts—that's all I had.

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Chapter 6