22 parts Complete MatureA Queen forged in blood. A kingdom built on lies. A love doomed to the flames.
Asterin Anthea was supposed to be dead. Instead, she stands in the heart of the kingdom that stole everything from her, wearing a name that isn't hers, playing a game designed to destroy her. Disguised as Princess Lorelei Blackwater, she enters the deadly Trials of Tavasz-a brutal competition where the strongest contender will win the hand of Prince Sebastian Rose and the crown of the kingdom that murdered her family.
But Asterin has no intention of being a wife. She has come to reclaim what was stolen. To take back Tavasz. To bring down King Darian Rose and his bloodstained reign from the inside.
With every trial, the court watches. The nobles whisper. The enemies lurking in the shadows grow restless. And then there's Cassian-her oldest friend, her fiercest protector, the boy who would burn the world down for her if she asked. But even he cannot save her from the weight of what she must do.
As the trials push her to the brink, Asterin finds herself trapped in a tangled web of power and deception-one woven by Sebastian himself. The prince is not the foolish, arrogant boy she expected. He is clever. Dangerous. And worst of all, he sees her.
When the final trial demands the ultimate sacrifice, Asterin must decide:
Will she become the Queen they want her to be?
Or the monster they never saw coming?