The Oath of Remaining: The Roots of Power

She was expected to marry into the family. Instead, she returned as its most formidable threat.

After being publicly betrayed at the altar, Ava Dalton disappears without explanation-only to resurface days later at the center of the Blackwood estate, bearing a new identity and a sharpened sense of purpose. Rumors spread instantly. Her timing is too precise. Her presence, too deliberate.

But Ava has no interest in conforming to expectations. She is not here to plead for sympathy. She has come to reclaim what was nearly lost-and to protect a future no one anticipated.

As the estate begins to splinter and old allegiances unravel, Ava must confront the depth of her conviction. To seize control, she will need to rewrite the narrative others tried to dictate. Some inherit power. Others earn it.

But the most dangerous of all-are chosen.