The Oathbound Relic: Oathbound Relics, Book 1

Kael Marrin was supposed to die at dawn. Framed for ward-treason and marched to the gallows, Kael makes the only bargain left—binding a forbidden, sentient relic to his soul. It saves his life…and starts a chain he was never meant to touch. Now a relentless Warden hunts him through locks and oaths, a hidden ledger calls him Prime, and the shadow inside Kael’s skull feeds on the truths that make him human. Every escape costs him something he can’t afford to lose. With a wounded mercenary at his side and an oath-bound historian fighting an invisible leash, Kael flees into a land where magic frays and ash falls like snow—because the next door waiting to open is the one that never should. A fast-paced fantasy of relic-magic, ruthless bargains, and dangerous secrets—where every power has a price. Oathbound Relics is a bingeable series. Continue in Book 2: Vault of Ash.