A Bounty of Scar Tissue by Clara Bracco

Ronan Blackthorne is an alpha demon bounty hunter, respected across the city-states of Lundaria for his ruthless efficiency and unparalleled dedication to the job. When he’s hired by Victor Corvane, the Premier of the vampire city-state Noctis, to track down a mysterious witch omega named Sage Hexwood, he believes it’s just another routine job. Sage has stolen something extremely valuable, and Victor wants her back—alive and at any cost.

But as Ronan tracks Sage through her last known locations, he begins to uncover unsettling truths and terrifying patterns. Her past has been erased, and each clue he follows leads him to a dead end. Not only that, but every whiff of her lingering scent drives him mad, and he can’t shake the pull she has on him nor explain the growing apprehension that nothing about this job is what it seems.

In a world where every bond has its price, can Ronan deliver Sage to her fate… or will he risk everything to protect her?

Author’s note: This story includes explicit sexual content that occurs under coercive and abusive circumstances. These scenes are not intended to be romanticized and are written to reflect the protagonist’s trauma, survival strategies, and lack of genuine consent.