Crismon vows iron thorns

“To escape one monster, she offered herself to another.”



Princess Elenya was born to be a tool. Polished, obedient, and silent. Her life was a chessboard—and her parents just moved the final piece: she’s to marry the Duke of Venthar, a bloated, sadistic noble thrice her age.



Rather than be caged for the rest of her life, Elenya flees into the frozen North, where no one dares go. Her destination? Blackspire Fortress. Home to Kael Dravon, the feared Warlord of the North. A man known as the Demon on the Battlefield. Unmatched in war. Unclaimed in court.



She arrives uninvited, half-dead from the cold, and does the unthinkable: asks for his hand in marriage.



In return, she offers him legitimacy — and war.



To her surprise, he agrees.



But the North is not safe. Her enemies are not done. And Kael is far from the savior she hoped for. He's cold, brutal, and haunted by secrets deeper than any dungeon.



To survive this marriage, Elenya will have to become more than a runaway princess.



She will become a queen of thorns.