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Ava, a rare and striking beauty, has been a wanderer since the age of twelve, cast out from her village with no memory of her parents and only a small painting of her mother’s back as a keepsake.
She grows up roaming the depths of the forest, her unusual abilities keeping her alive against the wild beasts that lurk among the shadows.
Yet the human world is never far behind. Men are drawn to her like moths to a flame, captivated by a beauty that seems almost otherworldly.
Fearful of the attention her face brings, Ava turns away from the life she might have had; a quiet village, a warm home, perhaps even love.
Then, one person’s words awaken a new longing: perhaps she is not entirely human, for no ordinary being could possess such beauty without a curse.
Determined to uncover the truth of who she really is, Ava sets out to find the home she never knew she had, and the secrets behind her mysterious origin.
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Aelric, the feared and prideful ruler of the Dark Clan, has carried a curse since childhood, an invisible enemy that gnaws at his life with every passing year. His strength is legendary, yet time slips through his fingers like shadow, a force no army or sorcery can hold back.
The only remedy lies in a fated bride, someone destined to bind with him and halt the decay of his life.
But Aelric has always despised women, and the vulnerability they represent. The thought of accepting a bride feels like weakness. To surrender, to trust, to love, to die differently than he intends, is intolerable. He refuses. He abandons it.
Yet fate is relentless. Every choice he makes, every battle he fights, draws him closer to the one he has sworn to deny–a dark promise that may claim him utterly, body and soul.
A bond that could unravel everything he thought he knew about power, love, and himself.
