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1866, England
    
 
         They called her The Nightingale, for her eyes were as dark as midnight, and wherever she went, you would hear her song. A song of pure terror, ignited by the fire of her pistol. An assassin, an instrument without a thought of her own, was what they intended her to become.

But everything changed once she walked past the threshold of the Palace of Daínn, where no human dared to venture after night fell. 

--

    He went by many names, but she only knew one-- Icarus. A creature of insurmountable power, who ruled England from within the shadows with an iron fist, who even the highest ranking ministers bowed down to. 

She was told to fear him, that no mortal could subdue the coldness in his unbeating heart. That he was a bloodthirsty beast, a maligned tyrant, a demon. 

But unbeknownst to her, he has been waiting for the past three-hundred years, patiently awaiting for her return.All Rights Reserved

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Veiled in Light and Ruin by jemicahcolleen

Every year, Lyra's village gathers beneath the ancient statues of the Fates, offering prayers and sacrifices to keep the creeping darkness at bay. The Ruined Kingdom stands in the distance, a forbidden place where no one enters and no one leaves. A place ruled by a king who does not age, does not die, and does not care for the world beyond his walls. Lyra has never believed in fate, only in survival. With her mother's health failing, she is willing to do whatever it takes to save what little she has left. But when this year's ritual goes terribly wrong, Lyra is taken-ripped from the life she knows and thrust into the heart of a kingdom lost to time. There, she is told she has been chosen. That she, along with others, must vie for the favor of a king no one has seen in over a century. But something is wrong within the castle's walls. Whispers of the past haunt her steps, and the King-cold, untouchable, and shrouded in secrets-watches her too closely. As shadows stir and forgotten magic awakens, Lyra begins to question everything she's been told about the Ruined Kingdom. And, more importantly, about herself. Because the deeper she delves into the mystery of the King and the kingdom he rules behind the walls, the more she realizes: Some destinies are written in blood. And some fates are meant to be broken.

Kingdom of isolation - you can't hide by marvelousbangtan

I made a terrible mistake, I let my guard down when I shouldn't have. And that only led me into a trap, his trap. I was a pawn in this wicked game of chess, being used to unite two kingdoms. My life was controlled, confined within the ivory towers, a cruel destiny written before I was born. But I thought I was free at last. "No matter which road you choose, it will always lead you back to me, princess." I was a fool. He was my unwanted shadow, a darkness I couldn't shake off, catching me at every step of the way-leaving no room for escape. Slow burn/enemies to lovers.

Winter Wildflowers by BubbleBreach

Hunted, she thought. She was being hunted. She cried as she tripped once more, her foot catching on a log, and in that one falter, the soldier was upon her. Instantly he roughly pinned her down with a knee to her back and held a strong hand to the back of her neck. Ofelia, immediately burst into tears, thick sobs escaping to the forest. "Pa!", She yelled, weeping into the snow, "...Pa." The soldier sighed and waited. "Sir!", The same voice from before bellowed, "We must get moving!" Ofelia continued to yell out, screaming into the earth, but he only waited. He was cold. Angry. The Frost upon his knee digging into her back. Ofelia could feel his impatience, his irritation at her outburst. She laid there sobbing until she could sob no more. Until the heartbreak seeped into horror. Until she lay there staring at the roots instead. Only then, after a slow and resounding silence, did the soldier lift his knee off her, dragging her up by her arm. Ofelia followed.

The Lethal Air (Royals of the Realm Series #2) by AstridGreene

In a world run by dominance, power and lies only the strongest and the ruthless survive. To be at the top of the food chain and remain the most feared king in the Immortal Realm was Heaven Aer's mission. He is the epitome of death and his deadliest weapon lies in his stone: sending souls in hell. Forget about emotion, damn the word Love. But when the ruthless king first set his eyes upon the Wiccan girl, he was bewitched. The stone wanted her, his body needed her. And have Artemis Wiccan, he will. *** Royals of the Realm Series [English] •The Fallen Fire (Completed) •The Lethal Air (Completed) •The Tainted Earth (Completed) •The Tidal Waters (Draft) •The Avenging Spirit (Draft)

HIS EVENING STAR by aelianadawn

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The Fallen Heir by AshwoodLore

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Come Love A Stranger by GoodnessShadrach

A Thousand year old Forest guardian has loved only one human woman but can never have her. She often slips away from him through death and there was nothing he could do to save her. After waiting for what felt like an eternity, she was finally reborn again, but this lifetime is the last one she could have. She has exalted all her chances of reincarnation and should she die this time, she would stop existing. Knowing this and that his presence is the only threat she has, can he bear to lose her forever? Also, after waiting for her to reincarnate all these years, can he bear to stay away knowing she is within arm's reach? *** Mariah never thought that one day her perfect life wouldn't be so perfect anymore. Who would have expected that her father, the King's special adviser, would one day be accused of trying to kill the king and take his place? But even though no one thought that, it happened and her family became the king and kingdom's most hated enemy. Banished out of the kingdom till a befitting punishment is decided on, Mariah and her family had to move to the little house outside the kingdom and close to the forest which frightening stories had been told about. Mariah thought that things can never be worse but it all changed when she started receiving uninvited strange guests.

DARK DEVOTION by _dreyinme

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"The Devil's Bride" by EuphoriaInk30

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Veiled in Light and Ruin

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