Averista's gaze can turn everyone to stone. But then she meets a girl with no sense of sight . . . Incapable of freezing her body, she melts her heart. ***** When young Averista stumbled upon Pandora's box in a secret laboratory, she accidentally got turned into a monster. A decade later, still suffering the consequences of her childhood mistake, she meets a girl who is immune to her gaze. Ever since Averista landed her eyes on Phoebe, she's enchanted and fails to resist the urge to get to know the other girl. But one thing she didn't expect was to regret knowing Phoebe at all . . . because now Averista was worried about the monster she's been hiding within her. Will Phoebe still love her if she discovered who she really was? [Completed] [wlw] [word count: 50k-60k] Content Warning: This story contains mature themes such as sexual activity, abuse, and violence, which may be triggering to some readers.

"Feeling comfortable, are we?" Binsa's mocking words are all she can hear, they drown out everything else, even her thundering heartbeat. Her hands are pressing down on her shoulders. Her legs are straddling her thighs. Dara wants to be closer. She feels like she is choking on her own silent words. Her eyes well with tears. She wants to be closer. - In the kingdom of Helin, a poor girl loses her voice and her best friends before being pulled into palace servitude. Only ten years later, she finds herself entangled in a plot to steal the throne, with her old best friends suddenly all grown up and ready to kill her. Or Palace servant Dara embarks on a four act long journey across a kingdom south of the Pearl Sea, after she finds out her two former best friends have grown up to become the kingdom's most dangerous assassins, just like they used to be in a game they played as children. - Published 22.2.2025, Completed 14.8.2025 Polyamorous Lesbian