The Vampire’s Garden: In His Garden, No Flower Blooms More Beautifully Than the Scent of Your Blood

di Lucian Reef (Autore)

Lucian Reef, 2025

Centuries ago, the world was saved—and damned—by a covenant written in blood. Between the immortal courts of the vampires and the fragile kingdoms of men, a ritual was forged to keep peace: the Blood Pact. Every hundred years, the Sovereign of the vampires must renew it, offering power in exchange for restraint. But even the oldest magic decays. Now, the pact falters. The roses that once sealed its power have turned to ash, and whispers coil through both realms: the king is dying. Lucien D'Arcel, the last Sovereign, feels it with every spell he casts—his strength thinning, his mind hollowing, memories burning away one by one. The price of power has shifted; every time he uses his magic, a piece of his past disappears. He can no longer remember the faces of those he loved, nor the sound of his own laughter. Only duty remains—until he tastes a scent in the air, human and hauntingly familiar. That scent belongs to Elias Vale, a young man who hides more than he knows. Sent to the vampire court under the guise of a humble gardener, Elias carries a secret buried deep in his blood—one that could rewrite the covenant itself. His mission is simple: find the truth behind the legend of the "blood-bound savior," the human child once rescued from the massacre that began the Pact. But when Lucien's gaze meets his, the truth begins to bleed through the cracks of both their lives. In the lush, cursed gardens of the vampire palace, their paths entwine. Elias's blood awakens the thorns; Lucien's desire threatens to undo the fragile truce between races. As forbidden attraction grows between the weary king and the mortal who should be his prey, they uncover a secret older than the covenant: a bond that defies the line between life and undeath, memory and forgetting. Yet love in this kingdom is never gentle. The vampire Council plots Lucien's downfall, their hunger sharpened by fear of his decay. Shadows stir in the city—led by Silas, Lucien's former advisor and rival, whose charm hides centuries of envy and deceit. To him, Elias is no innocent intruder, but the perfect weapon—a key made of flesh and memory. Caught between a dying king and a world that feeds on lies, Elias must choose which truth to save: the one that binds his heart, or the one that can end the war. And Lucien, facing the erosion of his own mind, must decide how much of himself he is willing to sacrifice to protect what he has already begun to forget. As the Blood Pact renews under moonlight and roses, a single drop of shared blood seals a fate neither can escape. Desire becomes salvation; memory becomes curse. When dawn comes, the garden will bloom again—red as the first sin, and silent as the name of the one the king can no longer remember. The Thorned Pact is a romantasy of devotion and decay, a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers tale woven through magic, betrayal, and blood. It is the story of a king who must forget to live, and a mortal who must bleed to be remembered.

• Autore: Lucian Reef
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Lucian Reef
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798232131180