A CHRONICLE OF BROKEN CROWNS | A SERAYNIAN EMPIRE NOVEL

"Your nation was mine the moment I crossed its border. Your city was mine the moment I entered its gates. Your father's Hall was mine the moment I crossed its threshold, and you were mine the moment I laid eyes on you.

You may love one man, or a hundred and one men. You may flee to a tower such as this one, or an island across the sea, to some other world whose entrance is guarded by firebirds and half-giants, but it wouldn't change the truth, the fact that we are inevitable."

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In the Empire of Serayne, power is a double-edged sword and love a perilous game.

Crimsyn Arhea, a fiery princess of the Western Realms, has lived in the looming shadow of the Empire's most ruthless ruler, Deymos II. Once captivated and terrified by the boy who followed her through the halls of her childhood home like a shadow, she now faces the man who has become an Emperor renowned for his cruelty.

Deymos II, the enigmatic Emperor most commonly referred to as The Dread, ascended the throne through murder and bloody intrigue, forever engraving himself into history as a man consumed by bloodlust and madness. But beneath the terror he inspires, his heart remains ensnared by an unrelenting obsession with his past and the girl who carried all his hopes in the crook of her smile.

When Crimsyn comes to the Capital seeking his permission to marry, she unwittingly ignites a battle of wills that leads to much more than either could have ever bargained for.

In a world where crowns are won and lost in the blink of an eye, Crimsyn and Deymos find themselves at the heart of a struggle for more than just power, love, or glory. As their fates entwine, both must confront the deepest of betrayals, impossible choices, and a passion that could either save their world or tear it apart.