A Burning Oath by C.L. Lor

Seleste never expected to find a unicorn dying in the forest. Bleeding and alone, the creature belongs to stories—distant, legendary, and long believed extinct. But he is real, and he is fading. Guided by instinct, she moves to save him. Before she can, he demands an oath—sealed by magic that scorches her skin and binds them both.

Ambrose is a unicorn cast aside. Disgraced after a failed mission and abandoned by those he trusted most, he sought only a quiet place to die. Instead, he finds himself tethered to a human girl, one whose touch anchors him to life and stirs a longing he does not welcome.

The magic between them is deep and unyielding. Seleste wants her freedom. Ambrose wants her loyalty. Trust is scarce, but their fates are now entwined through spell work, through the fire of their oath, and through a connection Ambrose alone understands.

As tensions rise and boundaries blur, both must face what lies at the heart of their bond. Something deeper. Something inevitable. A fate written long before either of them knew the other existed.

A fated bond.

Trigger Warnings: Mentions of blood and saliva, parent-child lack of boundaries, parental pressures, femd0m, and h0rn play. The male main character in this book is incredibly sassy and pathetic. Insufferable, even. And, he wants to be called a “good boy.”