He thought he was hunting a mouse. He didn't know he was chasing the storm. Elara Vance spends her life trying to be invisible. She drinks poison every morning to suppress her true nature and hide from the world. But she couldn't hide from him. Damien Blackwood, the Shadow King, is captivated by the girl who smells like nothing. But when he finally peels back her disguise, he doesn't find a victim. He finds a secret dangerous enough to burn his empire to the ground. NOTE : I know this is a jump from what I usually write, but I had so much fun creating this world, and I really hope you'll trust me and come along for the ride. Give the first few chapters a try-I promise you'll find the same heart and soul you're used to, just in a new, magical package. Thank you for sticking with me. Let's start this new adventure together! Love, @imagination7047

Stranded on an uncharted island during an expedition gone wrong, Lyra must find a way to not only escape the strange island but survive its brutal environment and the creatures that lurk there. The last thing Lyra expected on this expedition is to end up stumbling into the territory of a highly aggressive and highly territorial beast that sees her as its next meal...or so she thinks. ----- Lyra has always suffered from a fear of snakes, ever since she was a young girl. She has done well to avoid the scaly creatures and keep her distance from them even while working as a toxicologist who researches and makes lifesaving cures for snake bite victims. However, working in such a field doesn't completely keep her from interacting or coming close to the animals she fears so much, especially when she's sent on an expedition along with some explorers to an uninhabited island to research and discover new species of plants and animals as well as search for an elusive and highly venomous serpent that is said to inhabit the strange isle. It also doesn't help when their helicopter suddenly malfunctions and the group ends up crash-landing in the middle of a dense jungle with no way of contacting the outside world for help. and to make things worse for poor Lyra, something seems to be stalking her in this new and unfamiliar environment. It's bad enough she's trapped with no way home in such a dangerous place, but when she comes across signs of a monster lurking somewhere on this uncharted isle, she comes to find that the worst of her nightmares have only just begun. because the thing that's been stalking her from the shadows as fangs and scales just like the creatures she fears the most, with intentions of keeping her trapped with it on the isle.