Thorned (Dark Faeverse #1)

Thorns that pierce. Magic that binds. Love that claims.

Lady Rosalind Whitmore has always been different. While other women disappear into Fae courts with stars in their eyes, she knows better. Shes too smart, too strong, too independent to fall for ancient magic and older seductions. When she volunteers for a diplomatic mission to the mysterious Thorn Court, its to prove she can succeed where others have failed.

She has no idea that wanting it was never part of the equation.

Prince Kaelen has orchestrated everything. The border crisis, the diplomatic summons, even the perfect storm that delivers his prophesied omega directly into his thorned embrace. His court is dying, his magic fading, and only the right omega bond can save his people from extinction. Hes prepared to use every weapon in his arsenal—devastating charm, addictive pheromones, and thorns that deliver pleasure so intense it destroys her will to resist.

What he didnt expect was to fall just as hard.

Rosalind came to negotiate. Instead, she discovers that some missions end in complete surrender. As her heat awakens under Kaelens thorned touch and his rut-driven obsession burns through every defense, she realizes the abandoned daughter who feared being forgotten has found an alpha who will worship her body and claim her soul—even if it costs her everything she thought she was.

But when the brutal truth about her capture shatters their perfect bond, Rosalind must choose between the woman she used to be and the omega shes becoming. Because love built on lies might be a beautiful trapbut sometimes the most dangerous cages are the ones we beg to stay in.