Bloodmarked: The forgotten seal

Cairen Vale was supposed to be invisible — a Dustborn, one of the magicless few scraping by in the shadow of Velmora’s glittering towers. In a city ruled by bloodlines and runes, where power is passed down in blood and written into skin, he was never meant to matter.



That changed the night he bled on the wall.



When a hidden rune responds to his blood, Cairen awakens a long-lost magic the world thought erased: Bloodbinding. Now cursed — or chosen — Cairen finds himself hunted by mage-assassins, haunted by a voice that isn’t his, and bound to something ancient stirring beneath the city.



As secrets unravel, Cairen discovers he’s part of a broken legacy tied to dragons, forbidden pacts, and a war sealed away centuries ago. With enemies in every shadow, a fiery swordswoman who might love or kill him, and a seductive assassin who plays both sides, Cairen must decide who he can trust — and how far he’ll go to survive the power awakening inside him.