For a thousand years, Malakai has served the Capital with immaculate records and merciless judgment. His Eternal Spark has carried him through centuries of hunger, violence, and isolation. At the Blood Rose Institute, his word once decided who could be saved.
Now he returns under a restricted commission, with an army waiting for his findings.
Dr. Elena knows what an Auditor can do with her research. Her signatures helped build the system the Institute’s survivors are struggling to escape. With her work under scrutiny and her authority stripped away, she must face the people behind the measurements.
Then Malakai steps into her laboratory.
Their blood answers before either of them is ready. Every confrontation draws them closer, exposing the hunger beneath his control and the desire she has spent years observing from behind glass. Elena wants his surrender. Malakai wants the woman who refuses to let him hide.
But the Capital intends to claim her blood, seize her research, and destroy the sanctuary taking shape within the Institute’s walls.
The forbidden Rite of the Five offers one chance to stop them. Four bonded couples must hold the path. Elena must anchor an Elder’s power.
And Malakai must decide whether a life with her is worth surrendering eternity.
The final reckoning has come to Blood Rose Institute. Every secret has a cost. Every survivor has a claim. And the man who kept the ledger must put his own life on the line.
Anchor of All is the fifth and final book in The Blood Rose Institute, featuring a complete central romance, a happily-ever-after, and the conclusion of the series-wide conflict. Intended for adult readers; contains explicit intimacy, power exchange, dubious consent, violence, and institutional abuse.
