The Wolf and the Crown of Blood

 Broken Accords #1.

A dying city. A desperate princess. A battle-scarred god.
Their bargain—sealed in blood and sacrifice—bought centuries of peace.

Now that peace is unraveling.

In the empire of Vartena, stability is purchased with royal blood. Each ruler is sacrificed to the gods, resurrected, and forced to reign again. Bryony Devaliant was born into this cycle—born to die, and die again. But as rebellion stirs and faith begins to fracture, the god-king responds with terror.

He unleashes the Wolf.

Evander is an immortal assassin, shaped by centuries of slaughter, feared by mortals and gods alike. He has never failed a command—until the day his target is Bryony. Drawn to the princess he was sent to kill, Evander hesitates, and in that moment, everything changes.

Their forbidden desire ignites a bond powerful enough to shatter the boundary between divine and mortal. And when that line breaks, empires crumble. Because when gods dare to love mortals, it is mortals who pay the price.