𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐒

❝ ONLY I CAN LOVE YOU FOREVER. ❞

Anya Mournell had lived her whole life under the shadow of a curse. Born on Friday the thirteenth in the superstitious town of Duskwell, she was shunned, whispered about, and left to grow up in solitude. After her mother's sudden, suspicious death, Anya's father fled with her to the distant village of Vranmere, a place both beautiful and strange, where, for the first time, she felt an uncanny sense of belonging. Yet her curiosity soon fixed on the forbidden castle towering over the valley, a place no villager dared to tread.

What Anya did not know was that the castle's only resident, Lazar Kravanov, had already taken notice of her. For twenty-three years, he had kept his gates closed, his true nature concealed beneath the mask of nobility. But soon, tradition would force him to open them again and when Anya stepped inside, she would be walking straight into her undoing.

( original story )
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( cover by hazzawckd )