FoolSilver (Blood and Bond Book 2)

Two monsters want to own me.
The four princes standing between us are ready to burn the continent to ash to stop them.

A Fae who hasn't wanted anyone since the world ended. A vampire who'd rather starve than drink from another throat. A shifter who claimed me in front of his army. A dragon whose own fire chose me when he begged it not to.

Wanting all four isn't loyalty—it's betrayal. I know exactly what that makes me. But I won't let a single one of them go.

The White Witch tests her lab-grown horrors on us like we're a field she planted to harvest. And the Collector—the Haven's tyrant—keeps the Oracle's severed head alive under glass, feeding on stolen visions. He's decided I'll be the centerpiece of his collection. To guarantee I come to him, he's locked my six-year-old sister in a cage.

So the heirs spring a trap. Lure him to the fortress. Take Missy back. End him on our ground.

He walks through the gate smiling, a signed blood contract in his hand. Claiming I was promised to him before I was born.
Blood contracts don't break. Not by law. Not by fire. If the magic holds, I don't belong to the four men willing to die for me.

I belong to the monster who caged a child to complete his set.

Meg Xuemei X is a USA Today and Amazon top 100 bestselling author of fantasy and paranormal romance. She loves writing badass heroines and hot psycho alpha-holes.

Books by Meg Xuemei X

DARK GOD (Coming July 2025)

Shattered & Returned

Vows and Broken Bond

MONSTERS AFTER DARK

Shifter God

Vampire God

Death God

SHADES OF RUIN AND MAGIC

House of Vampires and Flame

House of Fae and Mist

House of Shifters and Smoke

House of Mages and Raven

House of Demons and Bone

House of Chaos and Gilded Dream

UNDERWORLD BRIDE TRIALS

Playboy King

Rejected Queen

Hellfire Crown

Hidden Court

Hunted by the Dragon

Ruined by the Dragon

HALF-BLOOD ACADEMY SERIES

Magic Trials

Magic Secret

Magic Fury

Magic Unchained

Magic Flame

DARK FAE KINGS SERIES

Book 1: Fever Fae

Book 2: Frost Fae

Book 3: Night Fae

Book 4: Blood Fae

THE WAR OF GODS SERIES

A Court of Blood and Void

A Court of Fire and Metal

A Court of Ice and Wind

A Court of Earth and Ether

COURTS OF UNDERWORLD SERIES

The Burn of the Underworld

The Rise of the Underworld

The Dragonian’s Witch

The Witch’s Consort

FoolSilver, the thrilling second installment in Meg Xuemei X’s Blood and Bond series, plunges readers back into a brutal, post-apocalyptic world where survival comes at a devastating cost. Set eighty-one years after the world ended, the narrative continues the harrowing journey of Max, a fiercely resilient heroine who previously endured unimaginable horrors disguised as a boy in the lethal Coldiron mines. This high-stakes fantasy romance seamlessly blends dark, gritty world-building with intense, why-choose romance dynamics. In this sequel, Max is no longer just a desperate survivor trying to fly under the radar; she is now fiercely guarded by four incredibly powerful immortal princes. However, the newfound protection she has found in their arms is quickly threatened by external forces that are determined to tear her away and use her for their own sinister agendas.

The overarching threat in this shattered world is darker and more grotesque than ever before. While the survivors are constantly plagued by the twisted experiments of the White Witch—a villain who treats human beings like a harvest of lab-grown horrors—the true terror of FoolSilver comes in the form of the Collector. As the tyrant of the Haven, the Collector is a chilling, obsessive antagonist who wields immense power and feeds on stolen visions by keeping the severed head of an Oracle alive under glass. He is a man who deals in rare and powerful acquisitions, and he has recently decided that Max is the ultimate prize. Obsessed with claiming her, the Collector decides that she must become the centerpiece of his twisted collection, setting off a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

Knowing that Max is surrounded by four formidable heirs who would gladly burn the continent to ash to protect her, the Collector bypasses her physical defenses by targeting her one true vulnerability. He orchestrates the kidnapping of Max’s six-year-old sister, Missy, locking the young girl away in a cage. For Max, who has spent her entire life suffering and fighting solely to keep her sister safe, this is a devastating and paralyzing blow. The kidnapping serves as a brutal act of extortion, designed to force Max out of the protective shadow of the princes and directly into the tyrant’s waiting hands. It forces Max to grapple with her deepest fears, testing the limits of her resilience and the strength of the bonds she has forged.

At the heart of the story is the complex, fiercely possessive dynamic between Max and the four immortal princes, each bringing a different flavor of dangerous devotion to her life. There is the Fae Prince, a devastatingly calm and powerful figure who has not wanted anyone since the world collapsed, yet finds himself completely anchored by Max. The Vampire Prince is dangerously obsessive and heartbreakingly devoted, choosing to starve rather than drink from another throat. The Shifter Prince is incredibly loyal and fierce, having already proudly claimed her in front of his entire army. Finally, the Dragon Prince, who initially viewed her with deep suspicion, finds that his own magical fire has chosen her, even when he begged it not to. Wanting all four of them simultaneously feels like a dangerous betrayal to Max, but she realizes she is entirely unwilling to let a single one of them go.

Desperate to save little Missy, Max and the four heirs realize they cannot simply negotiate with a tyrant. Instead, they devise a lethal, high-stakes trap. The plan is to lure the Collector away from his stronghold and draw him directly to their own fortress. By bringing the fight to their home ground, the princes intend to launch an overwhelming ambush, eliminate the Collector once and for all, and safely extract the young girl. It is a desperate gambit fueled by rage, love, and the terrifying realization that they have everything to lose. The tension builds to a boiling point as they prepare for a violent confrontation at their gates, ready to unleash their combined magical fury.

However, the climax of the novel delivers a gut-wrenching twist that renders their martial prowess completely useless. The Collector walks right through the gates of their fortress without a single hint of fear. Smiling confidently in the face of four heavily armed, magically superior princes, he does not bring an army to fight them; instead, he presents a signed blood contract. The ancient, magically binding document claims that Max was promised to the Collector long before she was even born. In this post-apocalyptic magical society, blood contracts are the ultimate absolute. They cannot be broken by law, they cannot be severed by force, and they cannot be burned away by dragon fire.

This revelation leaves Max in an impossible, heart-shattering predicament. If the dark magic of the contract holds true, she does not belong to the four men who are willing to bleed and die for her. By the cruel laws of their world, she legally and magically belongs to the very monster who caged a child just to complete his collection. FoolSilver masterfully weaves a tense, emotionally devastating narrative about sacrifice, the heavy cost of possessive love, and a heroine forced to confront a tragic destiny she never asked for. The book leaves readers breathless, setting the stage for an explosive continuation of Max’s fight for freedom and her unconventional, fiercely guarded heart.