Forged cycle Series

She was meant to be their savior — but when the witches betrayed her, she became their reckoning.

Cobblestones shifted under Elara’s boots; the old well groaned, stones grinding as if the earth were chewing its history. Far-off, doors slammed and prayers tripped over panicked tongues. The smell of ash still lived in the timber, the memory of rope in her skin. She did not look at the blackened splinters where they’d tried to hang her. She kept her eyes on the shadow that had stepped out of the smoke.

Elara has broken the bell, silenced the gods’ warning, and woken the hunger that waits beneath Thornmere. Now the village stands on the knife’s edge—between fire and shadow, salvation and ruin. The parson calls for blood to appease the darkness. The villagers whisper of curses and pray to anything that might listen. And in the growing silence, two forces pull at Elara’s soul: the wolf who would burn with her to keep her whole, and the vampire lord who offers her control—at a price.