The Forbidden Bond: 3 (Bloodbound)

In the Moonspire Court, Prince Aric carries a curse older than the throne: his magic feeds on devotion, and even a single emotional bond can tear through his body and shatter the lives around him. To protect the realm, the Magisters decree a simple rule - Aric must never love, never attach, never feel. But when the Bloodbound order assigns a new protector, Sera Redgrave, a soldier forged in silence and discipline, the rule begins to crumble. Sera has no interest in politics or princes. She lives by commands, not feelings, and her loyalty is as sharp as the blades she carries. Yet the moment she stands beside Aric, something shifts - a spark that flickers between them despite every warning etched into the walls of Moonspire. As they travel through fractured kingdoms to secure alliances, Aric's emotions rise like a storm, threatening to devour him. Sera feels the pull too - a subtle, irresistible gravity that drags her toward a prince she should never touch. And when whispers of a crafted curse emerge, Sera begins to question everything she believed. Aric's affliction may not be natural... and she may hold the key to ending it. But some bonds are not meant to be broken. Some devotion is a weapon. And some love can kill the very person it longs to save. Caught between duty and desire, Aric and Sera must decide whether to resist the forbidden or surrender to it - knowing that every heartbeat could be their last. In a world where emotion is magic and love is lethal, the most dangerous bond may be the one neither of them can escape.