Bound by Starlight |ONC 2025

Violet Amberose, an editor for a prestigious novel company, lives a fairly ordinary life until she stumbles into an unexpected fate. All in a single day, she finds out she is dying from glioblastoma and has only three months to live, learns that her boyfriend is a father-to-be and has a wife, gets scolded by her superior at work.

Drinking her problems away, she happens to see a shooting star from her rooftop apartment and drunkenly wishes for the world to be doomed. Her wish is heard by Dorian Skotos, a messenger between gods and humans. He was born between dark and light: when he breathes, countries disappear; when he walks, the seasons collapse; when he smiles, a life is extinguished. All he has to do is exist for something to fall into ruin. This is not his intention but simply his fate. On his birthday, he gets to choose a human's wish to fullfill. Sick of his fate, he chooses to fulfill Violet Amberose's wish to end the world.
Violet ends up falling for Doom and risks death before it's time. To save Violet Doom must leave her forget her they ever met. They both are miserable. Doom thinking he did the right thing.

Violet cursing the stars for taking from her the only good thing that happened to her in years she just met him and he vanishes.

But little do they know the workings of Divine Power. There's more than the misery- there's relief.

If you love a stunningly handsome supernatural male character with elusive personality then it's a book for you, dear reader!

If you're wondering what happened to Violet and Doom.
How they navigate through life and want lots of good and bad, shared moments please do read this mesmerizingly beautiful story of life and death a fight against all odds.

An urban fantasy paranormal romance Novella written by Yasmin Parveen
Note: Chapter 18 has Duel POVs.
Warning: Includes explicit sexual scene.

Enjoy reading! Birdies.