Virgin Sacrifice Breaks Free

When Zahra's mountain village revives an ancient virgin sacrifice and crowns steadfast Rafi as heir, celebration curdles into dread: Zahra's thirteen-year-old sister is chosen. Forced into a public alliance to calm the tribe, Zahra and Rafi discover a private tenderness that defies the rite binding them both. In stolen conversations and risky plans, their connection deepens-sweet, secret, and far more dangerous than either will admit. But winter hardens, and the village's faith demands blood. To save Leila, they must gamble not only their futures but their fragile feelings-love that might unmake a tradition older than the mountain itself...or be the very price it claims.