The BloodBound Throne

Twenty years ago, a royal dynasty was erased in blood. The massacre was meant to end a thousand-year bloodline—and the ancient magic bound to it. The kingdom survived, but only barely. The wards that once held back old enemies now weaken with every passing year, sustained by a Regent whose own life is slowly being consumed by a power that rejects him. Far from the capital, Sera lives as a healer's apprentice in a forgotten province, unaware that the strange abilities she has hidden all her life are anything more than a dangerous anomaly. When she saves the Regent from a wound that should have killed him, her blood answers a call it was never meant to hear. The truth can no longer remain buried. Sera is the last living heir of the murdered royal line, and the magic protecting the realm recognizes her as its rightful source. As noble houses scheme for control and ancient threats stir beyond the borders, she is drawn into a court built on betrayal, sacrifice, and blood-bound power. Claiming the throne means feeding the wards with her own life force and accepting a legacy soaked in death. Refusing it means allowing the kingdom's defenses to collapse—and unleashing the darkness sealed away for centuries. As the line between protector and weapon blurs, Sera must decide whether destiny is something she can escape, or something she must redefine on her own terms. Dark, immersive, and politically charged, The Bloodbound Throne is an epic fantasy of hidden power, royal inheritance, and the brutal cost of ruling when blood itself is the price of survival.