I Refused the Blood Bond and He Begged Me to Reconsider

by Mason Martin

Grace has spent her entire life preparing for the blood bond ceremony that would unite her soul with Mortlock's for eternity—until she stands at the altar and realizes he's only going through with it out of duty. In a moment of defiant clarity, she does the unthinkable: she refuses the bond and walks away from the most powerful vampire in the realm. But when Mortlock shows up at her door weeks later, desperate and disheveled, begging her to reconsider, Grace discovers that rejecting an ancient blood bond has consequences neither of them anticipated. Now dark magic is unraveling around them, old enemies are circling, and the connection she severed may be the only thing that can save them both. Grace must decide if she'll give her heart to a man who once took it for granted—or let them both face the deadly fallout of her refusal.