Sweet Surrender to the Blood Monarch

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Lady Vivienne Vance is a prisoner of her own bloodline, forced to act as the delicate puppet of a corrupt holy empire. To save her younger brother from the inquisitors' pyre, she strikes a desperate, forbidden pact with Julian the Blood Monarch—the immortal tyrant who has slaughtered half the continent. Feared for his ruthless cruelty and shadows that swallow light, Julian demands one thing in exchange for her brother's life: Vivienne must live in his obsidian castle as his fake consort. Armed only with her latent, volatile empathy-mimicry magic, Vivienne enters a den of monsters. But beneath Julian's terrifying, razor-sharp exterior lies a dark warmth that threatens to consume her entirely. As enemies close in from all sides and the empire prepares for holy war, Vivienne must navigate a treacherous dance of seduction and survival. Can she guard her heart against a monster who knows her deepest desires, or will she burn in his dark embrace?