How The Court Falls

In the Velvet Court, some bonds are forbidden. Ours could destroy everything. I was raised to be perfect. Obedient daughter. Dutiful bride. The third daughter of House Nocturne, destined to marry well and ask no questions. I believed in the system. I believed in the Purge. I believed the Marked deserved to die. Then I met her. Crimson Carmyne—the Bloodletter, House Carmyne's most feared executioner. Cold. Brutal. Stained with the blood of hundreds. She was supposed to be a monster. Instead,...