May the heartbeats of the prey beat as one, and may the predators be made to account for their crimes.

Driven by desperation, Ryia Ayllorian accepts work in the deities-forsaken territory of Inkord, where humans are little more than prey—degraded, violated, and slaughtered for sport. Yet amid the horrors, she finds an unexpected glimmer of hope in the quiet love she shares with a gentle-souled human.

But their fragile connection is shattered when Magic chooses her to become one of the fae, the very creatures she loathes, the very beings who have brutalized her people.

Charged with learning her new Magic and consumed with shame over what she has become, Ryia must confront her intense, almost unnatural feelings for both the faerie Archduke of Rensgrath and his brother, Prince Eirnin. To desire either of them is an abhorrent betrayal of the love she left behind and perhaps a test of whatever humanity remains within her. Yet as she is drawn deeper into the world of Court politics and semi-sentient Magic, Ryia must navigate a dangerous struggle for power that could determine whether her people remain subjugated prey for centuries to come.

Heartbeats of the Prey is book one in The Oaths of Fate series, an angsty, slow-burn romantasy where they fall first.

Heartbeats of the Prey

An Oaths of Fate Novel, Book One