Of Crown and Knot: A Princess's Forbidden Heat

By Vivian Reese Clarke

In a realm split by old grudges and harsh laws that drug omegas into silence, Captain Elara Voss is ordered to protect the one woman she’s taught to hate. Princess Liora poised, sharp-eyed, and an omega from the enemy court.

The assignment should be simple. Guard her through fragile peace talks. Keep instincts locked down. Then Liora’s long-suppressed heat breaks loose, flooding the corridor with a scent Elara can’t ignore. Elara’s rut answers in kind, and the truth snaps into place: their scents match. A mate bond neither crown will permit.

When assassins strike and court plots unravel, duty turns dangerous. Steel rings in narrow halls. Candles gutter. Every stolen touch risks discovery, and every moment together tightens a connection powerful enough to topple thrones. Loyalties collide. Betrayals cut from both sides.

In a world that insists they remain enemies, can Elara and Liora claim what binds them or be destroyed by the crowns they once served?

When love becomes the threat, who survives the peace?

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Part of the Of Scent and Sovereign series a sapphic fantasy omegaverse saga of rebellion, redemption, and raw intimacy, where love claims thrones and freedom scents the air.

In a realm where scent rules and iron crowns tighten their grip, fierce alphas and resilient omegas push back against a world that ties desire to power. From forbidden heats in royal courts to bonds forged in battle, a growing pack of women comes together knights, princesses, queens, rebels, mages, seers each refusing to stay contained.

Steel clashes on muddy fields. Incense burns low in hidden chambers. Ancient prophecies begin to unravel as tyrannical empires falter. Bound by fated mates, explosive ruts, and loyalty that doesn’t break, they turn suppressed passion into leverage strong enough to reshape kingdoms.

Of Scent and Sovereign is a sapphic fantasy omegaverse saga of rebellion, redemption, and raw intimacy, where love challenges thrones and freedom carries a scent of its own.

When power breathes close, who decides what it belongs to?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Velvet Ink Press
• Release date: Dec 22, 2025

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Of Crown and Knot

Vivian Reese Clarke

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Of Crown and Knot

A Princess's Forbidden Heat

Of Scent and Sovereign

Vivian Reese Clarke

Copyright © 2025 by Vivian Reese Clarke

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Table of Contents

Of Crown and Knot

Description

Chapter 1: Shadows of Peace

Chapter 2: Barbed Words and Hidden Cracks

Chapter 3: Fractures Beneath the Surface

Chapter 4: Ignition

Chapter 5: Fallout and Flight

Chapter 6: Whispers in the Wild

Chapter 7: Reckoning at the Summit

Chapter 8: A New Dawn

Epilogue: Years Later

Of Crown and Knot

Description

In a realm split by old grudges and harsh laws that drug omegas into silence, Captain Elara Voss is ordered to protect the one woman she’s taught to hate. Princess Liora poised, sharp-eyed, and an omega from the enemy court.

The assignment should be simple. Guard her through fragile peace talks. Keep instincts locked down. Then Liora’s long-suppressed heat breaks loose, flooding the corridor with a scent Elara can’t ignore. Elara’s rut answers in kind, and the truth snaps into place: their scents match. A mate bond neither crown will permit.

When assassins strike and court plots unravel, duty turns dangerous. Steel rings in narrow halls. Candles gutter. Every stolen touch risks discovery, and every moment together tightens a connection powerful enough to topple thrones. Loyalties collide. Betrayals cut from both sides.

In a world that insists they remain enemies, can Elara and Liora claim what binds them or be destroyed by the crowns they once served?

When love becomes the threat, who survives the peace?

***

Part of the Of Scent and Sovereign series a sapphic fantasy omegaverse saga of rebellion, redemption, and raw intimacy, where love claims thrones and freedom scents the air.

In a realm where scent rules and iron crowns tighten their grip, fierce alphas and resilient omegas push back against a world that ties desire to power. From forbidden heats in royal courts to bonds forged in battle, a growing pack of women comes together knights, princesses, queens, rebels, mages, seers each refusing to stay contained.

Steel clashes on muddy fields. Incense burns low in hidden chambers. Ancient prophecies begin to unravel as tyrannical empires falter. Bound by fated mates, explosive ruts, and loyalty that doesn’t break, they turn suppressed passion into leverage strong enough to reshape kingdoms.

Of Scent and Sovereign is a sapphic fantasy omegaverse saga of rebellion, redemption, and raw intimacy, where love challenges thrones and freedom carries a scent of its own.

When power breathes close, who decides what it belongs to?

Chapter 1: Shadows of Peace

Elara

The neutral palace loomed like a pale ghost against the jagged mountains, its white stone walls catching the feeble winter sun. Captain Elara Voss swung down from her saddle in the outer courtyard, boots crunching on frost-rimed gravel. Her warhorse snorted plumes of steam into the frigid air. She ran a gloved hand