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The Blood Beneath (Romantic Fantasy)

Fifteen years ago, Mila Loland woke on the streets with no memory of who she was. Since then, she’s used her power to read intentions to prove her worth to the Rats, Greytower’s most notorious gang—and the only family she’s ever known. When she’s offered the chance to secure her place among them by posing as the kingdom’s long-lost princess to infiltrate the royal palace, she doesn’t hesitate. But then Mila’s forgotten memories return, revealing a truth not even she could see coming: she is the missing princess.

Her brother, the king, insists she stay in the palace where she belongs. But Mila isn’t sure she belongs there—nor is she sure she belongs with the Rats anymore, either. The only thing she’s sure of is that the prisoner she’s been sent to free—Vikandar Lestara—isn’t the blood-drinking monster he’s been made out to be. Though he was captured fifteen years prior for the murder of Mila’s parents, she believes he’s innocent and refuses to leave him imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit.

Mila helps Vikander escape, becoming a fugitive alongside him as they flee the palace together, and their reluctant alliance grows into something neither expected. To stop a plot that threatens both the human kingdom and the Duskvorn realm, Mila must confront the truth of who’s been writing her story all along—and decide whether belonging is worth remaining a weapon in someone else’s hands. Otherwise, she’ll lose the only person who has taught her she’s worth more than what she can offer.