Blood was always her currency. Now it’s the only thing keeping her alive.
Kyit Vale was meant to die on the execution block.
Instead, the Empire sentenced her to something worse: a suicide mission into the haunted mountains, chained to the knights who would bleed her dry before offering mercy.
Among them is Harrow—the silent, silver-eyed knight who watched her fall and did nothing. The one whose hands hold her life now more than the blade at her throat.
In a world where memories become monsters and loyalty is a weapon, Kyit must survive betrayal, starvation, and the terrifying hunger of her enemies—and her allies.
But survival costs more than blood.
It costs secrets. Names. Trust.
And when forbidden magic stirs inside her veins, and the soulbond myths wake from the ruins, Kyit faces a terrible choice:
Save the Empire that broke her—
Or burn it with the one knight she was never meant to love.
Perfect for readers who crave:
Dark romantasy
Enemies-to-lovers slow-burn tension
Blood-drinking survival horror
Forbidden magic and soulbond myths
Brutal gothic atmosphere
Morally gray knights and broken heroines
Fans of The Serpent and the Wings of Night, Gideon the Ninth, and Plated Prisoner will be consumed by Peppermint and Ash—a brutal romantasy where survival tastes like blood, and love cuts deeper than betrayal.
Kyit Vale was meant to die on the execution block.
Instead, the Empire sentenced her to something worse: a suicide mission into the haunted mountains, chained to the knights who would bleed her dry before offering mercy.
Among them is Harrow—the silent, silver-eyed knight who watched her fall and did nothing. The one whose hands hold her life now more than the blade at her throat.
In a world where memories become monsters and loyalty is a weapon, Kyit must survive betrayal, starvation, and the terrifying hunger of her enemies—and her allies.
But survival costs more than blood.
It costs secrets. Names. Trust.
And when forbidden magic stirs inside her veins, and the soulbond myths wake from the ruins, Kyit faces a terrible choice:
Save the Empire that broke her—
Or burn it with the one knight she was never meant to love.
Perfect for readers who crave:
Dark romantasy
Enemies-to-lovers slow-burn tension
Blood-drinking survival horror
Forbidden magic and soulbond myths
Brutal gothic atmosphere
Morally gray knights and broken heroines
Fans of The Serpent and the Wings of Night, Gideon the Ninth, and Plated Prisoner will be consumed by Peppermint and Ash—a brutal romantasy where survival tastes like blood, and love cuts deeper than betrayal.
