THE VOW BENEATH THE BLOOD MOON For twenty years, the Kingdom of Valoria and the powerful House of Veyne have been bound by hatred. A m******e left both families broken, and since that night, each side has blamed the other. Princess Elara Valen was raised on one truth: the Veyne family murdered the people she loved, and one day, she will make them pay. Then she meets a mysterious stranger beneath a blood-red moon. Darian Veyne is the heir to the very family she has sworn to destroy. Neither knows the other's identity when they first meet. But what begins as a chance encounter soon becomes an attraction neither can resist. Darian knows he should walk away from her. Elara knows she should never trust him. Yet every secret conversation draws them closer. Every stolen moment makes their separation harder. And before either of them discovers the truth, they make a vow beneath the blood moon—a promise to find each other again, no matter what stands between them. Then the truth is revealed. Elara is the last surviving heir of Valoria. Darian is the son of the man she has been taught to hate. Their love is forbidden. Their families would rather start another war than allow them to be together. But when mysterious murders begin striking both sides, Elara and Darian discover that the m******e that created their families' hatred may have been built upon a lie. Someone deliberately turned two families against each other. Someone has been manipulating the kingdoms from the shadows for decades. And someone is terrified that Elara and Darian will uncover the truth. When Darian suddenly betrays Elara and disappears into enemy territory, she believes the man she loves has chosen his family over her. What she doesn't know is that his betrayal is part of a dangerous plan to keep her alive. Because their forbidden love is connected to an ancient vow made beneath a blood moon generations ago. A vow that binds their bloodlines together. A vow that says their descendants will one day reunite the kingdoms—or destroy them both. Now war is approaching, their enemies are closing in, and the people responsible for the original bloodshed are willing to kill anyone who discovers the truth. Elara must choose between the revenge she has spent her entire life preparing for and the man she was never supposed to love. Darian must decide whether to protect the family name that raised him or destroy everything he inherited to save the woman who has become his greatest weakness. But the deeper they uncover the past, the more terrifying the truth becomes. Their meeting was not an accident. Their love was not a coincidence. And the vow they made beneath the blood moon may have been waiting for them all along. Because some loves are forbidden by families. Some are forbidden by kingdoms. And some are forbidden by fate itself.