The Iridescent Oath

Chicago is burning.

Field medic Elena Vale has spent thirty-seven days patching up the dying while alien warships blot out the sky. When she finds a wounded Royal High Guard commander buried beneath the ruins, she makes a choice that should have gotten her executed.

She saves him.

What she doesn't know is that their blood will ignite an ancient alien rite, a Life-Bond that fuses their minds, their pain, and their survival. If one dies, the other follows. If one fights, the other feels it.

Hunted by alien Purge Squads.
Marked for execution by human forces.
Bound by a tether neither of them can break.

As their connection evolves into something far more powerful than either species intended, Elena and the fallen prince discover the bond is more than survival, it's a weapon capable of shattering empires.

But when the Alien Council arrives to judge their defiance, the choice becomes impossible:

Surrender and be dissected.
Or ignite a rebellion that could change two civilizations forever.

In a war where loyalty is programmed and obedience is law, one human medic and one exiled commander will prove that choice is the most dangerous force in the universe.