Undine merely smiled. “Affection makes a woman visible. Devotion makes her dangerous. But distance? Distance makes her forgettable.”
Bae’s jaw clenched. He had already tried distance. It’d been all he could do not to cross the deck of her sloop the day he’d delivered Soraya’s invitation, to sweep Caliana into his arms and hold her close, to beg for the truth and let her know how much he still cared.
He’d buried his feelings beneath an impartiality, beneath the cold rejection he’d given her that day, telling himself it was better if she hated him.
It hadn’t worked. Because he loathed this distance between them even now. He couldn’t escape the way her elation at seeing him again had deflated. The way it had turned to pain because he’d rejected her.
He’d hurt her. And he wanted to make that right - but he couldn’t.
“You want me to discard her,” he said flatly.
“I want you to survive,” Undine replied. “And I want her alive.”
Read The Pirate's Vow, a high-stakes, no-spice romantasy packed with deadly games, morally grey pirates, and a powerless heroine who refuses to lose.
This is book two of The Cursed Tides Series.
TROPES:
⚔️ Enemies to Lovers
🌊 Deadly Tournament
🔥 He Falls First and Harder
⛓️ Forced Proximity
🗡️ Cursed Hero
👑 Royal Intrigue
🚫 Forbidden Romance
