Downloading Claimed in Shadow (Bloodline Empire 1)
He was supposed to restore a document.
Instead, he uncovered a bloodline someone would kill to control. Nico Mercer has spent his life staying invisible. He restores rare archives for the powerful, keeps his head down, and never asks why his late mother hid pieces of her past like contraband. But one sealed succession folio changes everything.
Because buried inside the document is a name that should not exist. His.
Before Nico can make sense of the erased seal tied to his mother’s secrets, he is targeted, hunted, and pulled into the path of Cassian Voss the cold, lethal heir to one of Saint Veyne’s most dangerous dynasties.
Cassian is ruthless, controlled, and used to winning. He does not make room for chaos. He definitely does not make room for a sharp-tongued omega archivist whose very existence could fracture old power structures and wake a buried claim route the city was built to keep silent.
But someone already knows what Nico is.
Now Nico is trapped inside a world of shadow laws, stolen records, private hearings, and family secrets that were never meant to survive. And the closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous Cassian becomes not because he wants to use Nico, but because he is willing to burn down anyone who tries.
Cassian can protect him from the men hunting his bloodline. He can shield him from the families who want his future filed, controlled, and weaponized.
He can even promise Nico something far more dangerous than safety.
But in a city where legacy is power and desire can become leverage, falling for the wrong alpha could cost Nico far more than his freedom. And when the truth about his mother’s past finally surfaces, Nico will have to decide who he can trust with his body, his future, and the inheritance no one was ever supposed to find.
Instead, he uncovered a bloodline someone would kill to control. Nico Mercer has spent his life staying invisible. He restores rare archives for the powerful, keeps his head down, and never asks why his late mother hid pieces of her past like contraband. But one sealed succession folio changes everything.
Because buried inside the document is a name that should not exist. His.
Before Nico can make sense of the erased seal tied to his mother’s secrets, he is targeted, hunted, and pulled into the path of Cassian Voss the cold, lethal heir to one of Saint Veyne’s most dangerous dynasties.
Cassian is ruthless, controlled, and used to winning. He does not make room for chaos. He definitely does not make room for a sharp-tongued omega archivist whose very existence could fracture old power structures and wake a buried claim route the city was built to keep silent.
But someone already knows what Nico is.
Now Nico is trapped inside a world of shadow laws, stolen records, private hearings, and family secrets that were never meant to survive. And the closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous Cassian becomes not because he wants to use Nico, but because he is willing to burn down anyone who tries.
Cassian can protect him from the men hunting his bloodline. He can shield him from the families who want his future filed, controlled, and weaponized.
He can even promise Nico something far more dangerous than safety.
But in a city where legacy is power and desire can become leverage, falling for the wrong alpha could cost Nico far more than his freedom. And when the truth about his mother’s past finally surfaces, Nico will have to decide who he can trust with his body, his future, and the inheritance no one was ever supposed to find.