AdewoleOluwafemi
In the kingdom of Oakhaven, loyalty is currency-and betrayal is paid in blood.
Ariel was once the wife of the King's most trusted advisor... until the night ambition destroyed everything. Branded by treachery and hunted by the past, she flees into the forbidden mountains-where legends are not stories, but living things.
There, she meets Kaelen.
A man with amber eyes.
A man who should not exist.
A man far more dangerous than any king.
He saves her. Protects her. Chooses her.
But Ariel is not who she claims to be.
Bound by secrets and driven by survival, she builds a new life beside him-one rooted in silence, lies... and a truth that could destroy them both. Because the child she carries is not his.
And in a world ruled by ancient laws, some betrayals do not go unpunished.
When hunters rise, kings scheme, and blood is demanded for blood, Ariel must face the consequences of the choice she made-the choice that could cost a god his life... and place a monster upon the throne.
In the end, love may not be enough to save them-because some ashes never stop burning.