He was supposed to die. I was supposed to forget him. But fate has a wicked way of binding us with blood, thorns, and fire.

After losing the elf I loved to the gallows, I vowed vengeance—not with blades, but with herbs.

Hidden beneath the noses of the guards, I sabotage their executions and save the condemned. Everything is going smoothly… until I rescue him.

The Bloodied Thorn.

An infamous elven assassin, cold and brutal, with a hatred for humans as sharp as his aim. Saving him was supposed to be a quiet act of defiance. Instead, he turns my life upside down.

Now the guards are hunting us both, and I’m forced to flee into the wilds—with him. Bound to me by a life debt he loathes and a lust he refuses to name, he’s my reluctant protector. But the fire in his golden-green eyes says this isn’t hate.

It’s obsession.

And I’m not sure if I’ll survive it—or if I even want to.

Spicy Tropes:
✦ Enemies to lovers ✦ Grumpy assassin x morally gray healer ✦ Forced proximity in the woods ✦ Life debt with benefits ✦ Power play & dominance ✦ Knife-to-throat tension (literally) ✦ Obsessive morally black MMC who doesn’t share

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