The Cursed

Book One: [The Marked Trilogy]
Fantasy | Romance | Dark Magic

Once adored by her kingdom, she was their light-their beloved princess.

Until the curse came.

Now, her touch means death. And the people who once knelt at her feet now chase her with torches in their hands.

Alone and terrified, she runs-deep into a forest whispered about in bedtime warnings, where none who enter ever return. She doesn't expect to survive. She doesn't expect anything at all.

But she finds a cottage. Empty, quiet, waiting.

The days blur. Her grief deepens. The silence becomes a second skin.

Then, something shifts.

The air feels warmer. Flowers bloom where there should be none. Fireflies dance like they remember her. And even in the loneliest moments, she begins to feel... less alone. As if someone is there. Watching. Listening.

Not with fear. But with care.

And one day, she sees him. In the garden. A man she's never met, standing in the sunlight like he belongs there.

She doesn't know who he is. Or why he hasn't run.

Only that since he appeared, the forest doesn't feel like a curse anymore.
It feels like the beginning.