Singing Sonnets

They call it an honor. A tradition that has lasted over a thousand years.

Each year, sixty-five young women are sent to the castle, chosen for their purity, their obedience, their worth. Through brutal trials, one will rise above the rest-a woman deemed worthy of the throne's sacred purpose.

But behind the marble walls and whispered prayers lies a truth far more sinister. The chosen one does not ascend. She is taken. And once she is, no one speaks of her again.

Elizabeth Shaw was never meant to be here. A sickly orphan turned servant, she has spent her life repaying a debt to the man who saved her, bound to a world of power-hungry doctors and debt-ridden bodies. Kahara Stone, on the other hand, was raised for this-trained to be perfect, unquestioning, ready to offer her life if the throne demands it.

And it does.

At the heart of the kingdom's twisted legacy are the twin princes-Kent, with his cruel smirk and iron grip, and Quinn, whose quiet gaze sees too much. Born into madness, bound to a curse that rots them from within, they are searching for something-or someone-to break the cycle.

Their salvation comes at a cost.

Trapped in a game where love is laced with control and desire is a weapon sharper than any blade, Elizabeth and Kahara must decide: surrender to the pull of the darkness... or become it.