Born for the cup. Discovered to be lethal. Forced to kill.In the twelve kingdoms held by the deathless Reial-Bloods, humans are kept as livestock: fed, counted, bled, toyed with. Food and slaves, nothing else. Until something in one human's blood proves fatal to any Reial who tastes it, including kings.Blye is an impossibility. Her existence alone threatens the foundations of the kingdoms. Desperate to gain ground among his enemies and allies alike, the King sees a weapon.Imprisoned in the palace, she is handed to the Crown Prince as his personal blood source, or so the court is told. In truth, the Throne whispers the names, and the Prince is charged with ensuring Blye removes them from the living. She learns to hate him most.Stronger than any human alive, Reials have never needed to fear one. Her frailty is her protection; they do not see her coming.Despite the horror of what she does, her position allows her to discover a secret greater than the one in her blood: a human rebellion, biding its time to rise against their cruel masters. They want her at any cost, for exactly the same reason the Throne does.Either way, she must kill.A slow-burn, closed-door romantasy of blood magic, court intrigue and rebellion. Book one of The Twelve Kingdoms. Read more