I Sentence My Fated Mate

High Warden Genevieve must judge Axel, her fated mate, after he is caught desecrating Ridgefall’s sacred groves. The elders demand his execution, while the mate bond she cannot deny makes every word of the trial hurt. Then Genevieve uncovers troubling gaps in the evidence and a darkness in Axel’s past that no one will explain. Why is he pushing her toward the harshest sentence she can give?