Eclipse of the Heartbound: Bound By Blood, Consumed By Light—Their Hearts Eclipse The Heavens

di Lucian Reef (Autore)

Lucian Reef, 2025

The oath that once saved them has begun to devour its makers. After the siege of Edenmor, the world breathes in fragments—ash on the river, light that won't settle, a silence that tastes like aftermath. Aurel, Saelis, and Taren—once soldiers, once lovers, forever Heartbound—return to the shattered Parliament to rebuild what war has not yet claimed. But beneath the repaired stones, the bond they forged in blood begins to stir. It remembers every vow they swore and every death they promised to share. It wants the ending they once called mercy: If one falls, the other two follow. Aurel, the healer marked by blacklight, carries a god's whisper sealed behind his lips. Every act of mercy risks opening the door that Verren—the shadow they killed—left behind. Saelis, alchemist and skeptic, believes everything can be rewritten, even love. He wields frost and reason against the heat that still links their souls. Taren, the soldier who has never broken a line, tries to hold the world steady with his bare hands, knowing that faith is not obedience, and protection sometimes means letting go. Together they face the truth the bond hides: Verren is not gone. He moves behind Aurel's eyes and speaks through his breath, patient and precise. He does not want to rule. He wants to return—to finish the equation that began when three hearts agreed to die as one. And through Aurel, he has found his way home. As the Heartbound unravel what remains of their oath, the city divides between light and shadow—half trapped in eternal day, half drowned in night. The bond itself begins to eclipse, feeding on the same love that once made it sacred. The men who created it must decide whether to break the vow and survive, or keep it and vanish beautifully. Each choice cuts deeper: Saelis must learn that logic cannot hold back grief. Taren must discover whether walls can be rebuilt from trust instead of command. And Aurel—torn between god and man, light and absence—must choose what kind of love can live without consuming everything it touches. Through shattered vows and stolen breath, through the soft defiance of hands that refuse to kneel, the Heartbound seek a new word to replace the old. A vow not of blood, but of choice. A bond that listens instead of binds. Three hearts. One vow. A shadow that calls itself home. When light and love collide, even the heavens learn to bleed. ECLIPSE OF THE HEARTBOUND is the final movement of The Heartbound Trinity—a dark romantic fantasy of devotion, identity, and survival. It is the story of men who learned to weaponize love, and must now learn to live with it; of how mercy becomes rebellion, and how staying alive can be the most radical act of all.

• Autore: Lucian Reef
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Lucian Reef
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798232900434