Err Apparent

What happens when you kill the monster but inherit its lair?

Gabriel escaped his abuser by killing him and wants nothing from the wreckage left behind. Not the cursed manor. Not the noble title. And certainly not the corrupt aristocracy demanding he toe their line.

But this is Averdon, where the dead can cause just as much trouble as the living.

Gabriel's inheritance makes him legally unable to marry Miles, the mage who saved his life and the only one Gabriel refuses to lose. Miles is determin...