Veilbound Hearts

Elara Voss arrives at Eclipsed Veil Academy carrying one thing: the memory of her best friend's death and the name of the boy responsible. She isn't here for magic, or bonds, or destiny. She's here to survive the year and get out. Then the Bonding Trial happens. In front of the entire school, golden threads rip from her chest and slam into Prince Kairos Shadowveil — the shadow prince whose lost control killed Freya. The bond locks. Their heartbeats merge. And Elara can feel every scrap of his guilt, his grief, and his desperate, exhausting remorse whether she wants to or not. The Veil is fracturing. Unstable bonds are tearing holes in the barrier between worlds, and shadow creatures are bleeding through. Elara and Kai have to learn to fight together or watch the academy fall apart around them — which means touching, training, and carrying each other's pain through a connection that refuses to let either of them hide. But the bond has a cost nobody told her about. One that could strip away everything that makes her human. And Kai already knew. Veilbound Hearts is a dark paranormal YA romance set in a Scottish Highland academy where the magic is brutal, the bonds are permanent, and falling for the wrong person might just save the world — or destroy what's left of you.