Once upon a time, a pack of wolves in human skin hunted a mortal maiden through an underground labyrinth of metal and stone. They hunted her, caught her...only for her to be rescued by a beast out of a fairytale.
Dylan Myers is more than a lost little girl in the subway. A youth psychiatrist with the Sight, she has lived her entire life fighting for the lives and livelihood of the Fair Folk. Though her family thinks she's crazy, though her dedication to the Fae has cost her a great deal in her twenty-eight years, her heart remains true to her cause.
Prince Nuada is the exiled heir to the Bethmooran throne. A scarred and broken heart masked by a scarred and bitter shell, through centuries of grief he has come to believe that humans are irredeemable; for the sake of his people, mankind must be exterminated.
Then, one night, compelled by honor and memory, Nuada rescues Dylan from the wolves. Injured in the fight and on the verge of death, he has no choice but to trust in his enemy to save him. And in learning to trust each other, Dylan and Nuada will embark on a journey that could change the fate of humans and Fair Folk alike.
TW: Rape, violence, mentions of suicide and rape, murder. Once Upon a Time is rated R/M for violence, language, sexuality, sexual violence, depictions of war, child abuse, sexual abuse, rape, genocide, murder, kidnapping, torture, drug abuse, alcoholism, suicidal ideation, and mentions of suicide and self-harm. Reader discretion is advised.
Wednesday is waning. In her dreams, or by touch, she has been locked to one moment. Her visions know no peace. There is Enid, beneath moonlight, skin a dying shade. Then there's herself between the trees, drenched in blood, with the knife at hand...
Her true nature writhes. This is...just what happens when someone like herself snaps. It's happened before, will happen again. Because Enid and Ajax have been together through several moons. And he knows his way around her heats. And Enid seems...happy, until she isn't, and Wednesday has to put her back together.
Enid has been stuck in a heat for a while now. And she smells good. She smells really, really good, and Wednesday will kill for it.