The Blood-Veil Crown

Ahava Sidell others

Princess Lyra of Oakhaven has spent her entire life as the kingdom's "Silver Lily"—a symbol of celestial grace and royal perfection. But behind the velvet gowns and marble halls lies a dangerous, heavily guarded secret: Lyra’s bloodline is tied to the ancient Shadow-Weavers, ancient demons bound by a forgotten treaty. When spiked emotions take hold, her human form shatters, replaced by obsidian scales, towering horns, and a fiery, uncontrollable power.
When a ruthless political faction backed by the zealous Sun-Church discovers her true nature, King Alistair caves to fear. To secure his throne, he demands Lyra submit to a brutal ecclesiastical binding ritual using caustic holy oil and iron shackles—disguised as a forced marriage to a treacherous duke meant to strip away her soul. Refusal means a lifetime rotting in the Sunken Vaults.
Instead, Lyra chooses flight.
Fleeing into the freezing, untamed wilderness of the Ashen Ridge, Lyra embarks on a grueling journey of survival and self-discovery. Under the tutelage of ancient mountain elders, she sheds her royal pride, confronts the deep psychological trauma of her upbringing, and learns to master tactical shape-shifting.
Meanwhile, back in Oakhaven, a scheming step-queen poisons the king's mind, branding the missing princess a traitor allied with rebel forces in a bid to steal the crown for her own children.
Armed with a razor-sharp mind, an unyielding spirit, and the primal power of her demon blood, Lyra must descend from the peaks to reclaim her birthright, dismantle a corrupted court, and rise not just as a runaway fugitive, but as the true Queen of Oakhaven.

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