The Basilisk’s Shadow Kiss

I spent twenty-four years believing I was human—a quiet archivist in a town full of secrets, content to live in the shadows of my overprotective brother. Then the moon turned red, my bones shattered, and I woke up as the one thing everyone in Blackwood Valley is terrified of: a late-blooming Silver Alpha.Now, I’m no longer a girl. I’m a prize to be harvested.To survive the lethal politics of the Blood Moon Treaty, I’ve been bonded to the one man I should fear most. Kaelen Blackwood. They call him the Serpent King, a disgraced Alpha with amber eyes and a heart as cold as the obsidian throne he lost. He’s supposed to be my mentor, my protector, my mate. But every touch from his scarred hands ignites a "Shadow Kiss" on my skin—a bond laced with a venomous desire that threatens to consume my sanity.As the Silverfang Syndicate closes in to weaponize my blood, I have to decide: do I fight the bond that tethers me to a monster, or do I embrace the predator I’ve become? In a world of silver-laced lies and ancient curses, our love isn't just forbidden. It’s a death sentence.My name is Elena Vance, and I am the breaking point.