Her Touch Awakens the Demon Inside Me

Rhiannon Ashwick has spent her entire life hiding the mysterious key-shaped mark burned into her palm. Raised by the secretive Synod of the Unbroken Seal, she has been trained to copy ancient exorcism records but forbidden from becoming an exorcist herself.Everything changes when she is sent to the mysterious Nightingale Manor, where the beautiful and reclusive Lady Seraphina Nightingale carries an ancient supernatural secret.When Rhiannon touches a centuries-old pact, she accidentally awakens Umbra, the demon bound within Seraphina. But Umbra is not the monster the Synod believes it to be. It is the ancient jailer protecting the world from the terrifying Drowned King, an entity imprisoned beneath the manor for three hundred years.As Rhiannon investigates the forgotten truth behind the pact, she discovers that her mysterious mark makes her a living key—and that her touch can calm the demon inside Seraphina. Their growing connection soon becomes something deeper than either woman expected, forcing them to confront forbidden feelings, ancient secrets, and a powerful enemy determined to break the chains.With the Synod preparing to destroy Seraphina in the name of exorcism, Rhiannon must uncover the pact's true meaning before their actions release the Drowned King and drown the world in darkness.Because sometimes the greatest weapon against darkness is not a sword or a sacred seal—but the touch of someone who refuses to let you face it alone.