The Regent's Bargain - eBook

A law to shield them. A bond to break her.

After exposing the sabotage that nearly broke the city, Auditor Maris has made powerful enemies. Seeking refuge and purpose on the remote Sanctuary Coast, she finds not peace, but a new kind of war. The Southbreak Ward, a clinic for the city’s most vulnerable, is being seized by the bailiff under the cold, unyielding letter of the law.

To save the ward from men who value ledgers more than lives, the Regent, Kael, proposes a radical solution: a stewardship bond. This arcane piece of law will make Maris the ward’s legal shield, but it comes at a staggering cost. The bond’s ink will tie her directly to Kael, creating an oath debt that links their fates and makes them a singular, high-value target for their political rivals.

Now, bound by ink and honor, Maris and Kael must navigate a treacherous new game where the law itself is a weapon. As a powerful lord moves to void their bond and a shadowy saboteur strikes from the alleys, they discover their bargain has not just saved a ward—it has challenged the very foundations of power on the coast. And the price of that challenge will be paid not just in court, but in blood.