31 parts Complete MatureBorn cursed, Aine entered the world in blood and silence-her mother dead, her father distant, and her fate sealed the moment their blood separated in the ceremonial bowl. In a kingdom of bone rings and broken vows, Aine's life is marked by tragedy, one year at a time.
Told in thirty-one chapters-each a snapshot of a single year-Aine is a slow-burning spiral of heartbreak, rage, and survival. From the ghost songs in castle walls to the first flare of forbidden magic, from a forced marriage to a stolen daughter, Aine is never given peace, only choices: be silent or scream, survive or burn, stay or run.
But even a girl shaped by grief can become something more.
As she claws her way through a world that was never kind, Aine finds brief love, a reason to stay, and finally, a cause worth dying for. Her story ends with her execution-but not her legacy. Because death is not the end when a mother's last words are a command, not a farewell.
This is not a story of hope.
This is a story of pain, defiance, and the kind of love that does not survive-but endures.
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Her name and the title are pronounced (Ah-neh).
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