THE BUTTERFLY SCALE | TXT

❝you can't run from what's in your blood, for choice is but an illusion❞

Valeria is only one step away from spiralling into her nightmare. But she wouldn't have to worry about that when the invitation to the court fest would set her free.

Atleast that's what she believed until she ventures on a new path oblivious to the past that entails her. With it unfolds secrets haunted by the remnants of her brother and dead father; a secret that echoes the lament of the treacherous lies hidden under the shadows of the royal palace.

Valeria wished for none of that. She nas never wished for anything but peace. However, what we truly want is what we seldom get, and to Valeria that thought only strikes when she is unbeguiled with an understanding that her entire life she has lived for only one purpose.

Power.

And once she breaks free from the lies she succumbed to, her head will float with only one desire: revenge stemmed from the truth the crown hides.

When the time to weild the sword comes, she will ask herself:

Is it really possible when she can't control who she is? Can she really be the valiant warrior she was meant to be, even when she's fettered by the perilous desires of her heart?

Contains
[fantasy | romance | action | mystery | thriller | enemies to lovers | nct | love triangle | re-tellings | politics]

Cover by the talented @kiwithv

Dedicated to my hoe aka fen the one and only @BerryStrawberryy