Briar Oath

Love is the curse. Desire is the key.

The women of the Wraithmoor bloodline are born marked.

A silver crescent. A whispered warning. A death sentence dressed up as protection.

Cassandra Wraithmoor spent six years running from her family, her magic, and the Coven that calls obedience love. But when her mark awakens and brands itself into a key, she is dragged back to Wraithmoor Manor for the Sealing, a ritual meant to save her from the same curse that hollowed out the women before her.

At least, that is what the Coven wants her to believe.

The truth waits in the shadows of Blackwood Grove with Lucan Wildgrove, the forbidden outcast whose family was blamed for the Wraithmoor curse. He is dangerous, scarred, and fluent in the kind of magic Cassandra was taught to fear. He also knows the Coven's history was carved apart, rewritten, and buried for a reason.

Every secret pulls her closer to him. Every touch makes the magic inside her burn hotter. And every step toward the truth turns Cassandra into the one thing her grandmother cannot control.

A witch who wants.

With the lunar eclipse approaching and the Sealing waiting beneath the Standing Stones, Cassandra must choose between the safety of the cage built for her and the man who may be the only way out.

Because in Wraithmoor, love was never the curse.

It was the thing the Coven feared most.