Kael has learned one rule that governs his life:
Anyone who falls in love with him dies.
He doesn’t know why the curse chose him. He only knows it never fails. Every genuine confession ends in tragedy. Every lingering attachment becomes a death sentence. So Kael lives like a ghost, drifting through cities, keeping people at arm’s length, refusing to care.
Until Lyra came.
She isn’t afraid of his coldness. She isn’t deterred by his warnings. She treats him like he’s human, not cursed, and slowly, impossibly, she becomes the one person he cannot push away.
When Lyra falls in love with him, the signs begin.
Strange accidents follow her. Shadows linger too long. Her strength fades by the day.
Kael knows what comes next.
Desperate to save her, Kael begins hunting for the truth behind his curse, uncovering an ancient force that feeds on doomed love and broken hearts. The deeper he digs, the clearer it becomes: the curse was never meant to be broken.
Only paid for.
With time running out and Lyra slipping away, Kael must face an unbearable choice. Let her die like all the others… or erase himself from existence to save the woman who taught him how to love.
Because in Kael’s world, love isn’t salvation.
It’s a death sentence.