Kristen

The Monster and His Queen

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"You're not a monster," she whispered, touching the shadows that coiled around him like living darkness. "Then what am I?" His amber eyes burned in the candlelight. "Mine." Princess Elaria has spent her whole life as a prisoner in silk and jewels, waiting for the day her father would trade her away. That day comes when she's betrothed to Prince Draven, the shadow-touched son of the North. They say he's cursed. They say his touch brings death. They say something unholy lives inside him. They're not wrong. Draven never wanted a bride, especially not an innocent princess who will fear him like everyone else. But Elaria surprises him. She doesn't run from his darkness. She walks straight into it, sees the man beneath the monster, and chooses him anyway. But their marriage awakens something ancient and hungry. The shadows that mark Draven have marked her too, binding them in ways neither understands. As dangerous enemies close in and dark secrets surface, Elaria must decide how far she'll go for a love that was never supposed to exist. And Draven must face the truth about what he really is and the terrible price his father paid for power. Because the darkness wants its due. And it's coming to collect.

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