Never Forgive, Never Forget

Betrayal, blood oaths, and a truth that arrives too late.

Zoe pulled a blind man named Carter from death three years back and slipped a bullet necklace into his palm as a wordless pledge. Ava stole the credit and sealed a double blood oath with him, casting Zoe aside. Believing the fabrication, Carter shot Zoe's right hand to punish her supposed deceit. Later, when kidnappers forced a choice, he reached for Ava, and the violence took Zoe's unborn child. At his coronation, the old Godmother finally names Zoe as the true rescuer, driving Carter to his knees as she burns the oath tattoo from her skin.

• modern romance
• mistaken identity
• karma payback