The Thorn and the Rose
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Last published Fri, Feb 20, 2026
Sephon is the beloved prince of a kingdom named Solenia. He's handsome, smart, kind, and completely perfect. He is to his people what the Sun is to its planets. He's magnificent.
Too magnificent.
Iccefar is an assassin, belonging to the Blackthorne Syndicate. He's cold, and he's the best assassin out there. When a foreign kingdom calls upon him to execute Sephon, he does as instructed. Dagger in his bag and wearing a tailored suit, he enters the kingdom with a simple plan: Enter the kingdom and visit the palace, then gain the prince's trust before quite literally stabbing him in the back. He would've never even imagined what happened next.
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