His Forbidden Claim

Their enemies think his love makes her weak. They are about to learn what happens when a vampire king shares his throne.

Audra Keene survived thirty nights in vampire territory and claimed the Human Seat. Now she holds the legal power to freeze fortunes, expose blood contracts, and protect the humans the First Houses have treated as property for centuries.

But dismantling a vampire empire is easier than governing what remains.

House Calder's fall has left the Night Ward fractured. Thousands of human lives are trapped inside its frozen holdings, and every decision Audra makes risks destroying the people she is trying to save. Before she can finish the audit, the remaining Houses strike with a weapon even Bastian Sorel cannot destroy with his bare hands.

The law.

They claim Audra is no longer an independent ruler. She shares a home, a bed, and a throne with the Sovereign of Baltimore. Every life Bastian took to protect her becomes evidence against her. Every act of devotion is twisted into proof that the Human Seat has become the vampire king's obedient possession.

To defend her authority, Audra must publicly oppose the man she loves.

Bastian has ruled the Night Ward through blood, discipline, and absolute command. He would slaughter every enemy who threatens Audra, but violence will only strengthen the case against her. To save her seat, he must master the one instinct he has never learned to control.

He must stand back and let his queen fight.

As legal traps tighten and the Ward begins to collapse under the receivership, Audra and Bastian must prove they can rule as equals without allowing their enemies to divide them. Because the First Houses are not merely coming for Audra's power.

They are counting on the vampire king's love to destroy them both.

A dark, high-heat paranormal romance featuring an established couple, a possessive vampire king, a powerful human heroine, public opposition and private devotion, supernatural political intrigue, legal warfare, shared sovereignty, and a love dangerous enough to threaten an ancient throne.