She was never meant to survive the altar.Seraphine Ashveil has spent her entire life being told what she is — an Omega without a wolf, a burden, a shame her pack couldn't wait to be rid of. So when her own father sells her as a ritual sacrifice to the most feared king in all of Aether, she arrives in chains with only one goal: survive long enough to find a way out.She never expected to say no at the altar.She never expected him to let her.Kael Drakonis has ruled the realm of Aether for ten years through blood, iron, and the kind of cold calculation that makes grown Alphas flinch. He has never taken a Luna. Never allowed himself to want one. Not since the curse — the dark magic that kills any woman he touches with gentle intent, that has kept him untouchable and utterly alone since the night he took his throne at eighteen.He was supposed to watch the sacrifice and move on.He was not supposed to find his mate standing on the altar, chains broken, eyes burning with the kind of fury that makes the air taste like lightning.When the Lycan Mark appears on both their skin — an impossible bond between a High King and a wolfless Omega — the entire court fractures.Because Omegas don't become Lunas. Cursed kings don't get mates. And the ancient power awakening beneath Seraphine's skin is the kind that kingdoms go to war to control.Now Sera must navigate a court that wants her dead, a king who doesn't know how to want anything without trying to own it, and a truth about her own identity that will shatter everything she thought she knew about herself.And Kael must decide — is she his mate, or his salvation? And does it matter, when the answer to both is the same?Because some bonds can't be broken. Some fires can't be controlled. And some kings don't realize they've already fallen until they're burning.BLOOD & BROKEN CROWNS is a dark, adult fantasy romance for readers 20+ featuring a fierce and traumatized heroine, an obsessive and possessive Alpha king, slow-burn tension that ignites into something consuming, and a world where power is everything — until it isn't.