A Tongue so Sweet and Deadly

Half-Fae protagonist whose compulsion magic lets her control anyone through eye contact; bound by blood oath to the Fae king after a deadly accident.

The Fae king who binds Elessia to a blood oath after the accident that landed her in his dungeons, and sends her to spy on the human election.

A silver-haired Fae guard nicknamed the Death Whisperer, assigned by the Fae king to enforce Elessia's blood oath and shadow her every move.

Ellow's bastard-born, street-raised human regent and election candidate, whose wary attraction to Elessia complicates her spying mission.

Elessia's close part-Fae companion and chosen family, who helps her shelter rescued half-Fae orphans in a hidden refuge.