The Fourteenth Sacrifice

Fern entered Blackwell Keep as a Rootfolk anomaly and emerged as the last heir to a bloodline the Blackwells tried to erase. Cassius Blackwell was born to inherit the very system that destroyed her family. Instead, he chose her.

Now their lives are bound by an ancient rite, one whose true cost was lost to history.

With Thornvale's secrets exposed and two bloodlines entwined, Fern and Cassius must face what their bond has made them... and what it may yet demand. Because the valley they saved is still built upon stolen blood, buried history, and a ruling legacy that will not relinquish its power quietly.

They are the fourteenth pair.
They still don't know what the rite will take.