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Hiraeth

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Parts 4
Time 36m

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In the fractured realms of Pays de Rêve, gods are not born--they are broken into being.

Coralie can't remember who she was before the Queen of Dresidia claimed her. Fragments of war, wings, and a lover named Odalis haunt her sleep. Bound to a soldier she barely knows and hunted by a man who once held her heart, Coralie is thrust into a spiraling world of prophecy, political betrayal, and magic so deep it echoes through lifetimes.

As she journeys with Calix--a royal guard tethered to her by a soul-bond neither of them can sever--she begins to uncover her past as a Seraphim mercenary and her future as the goddess foretold in shadowed texts. But memories come with a cost. And some truths are better left buried in the ruins of kingdoms lost.

In a land where love is a weapon and divinity is a curse, Coralie must decide what she's willing to sacrifice: her heart, her power, or the girl she used to be.

Dark, romantic, and aching with magic--Hiraeth is the first installment of The Duskborn Trilogy, a poetic epic about memory, myth, and the sacred beauty of becoming.All Rights Reserved

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-"She'll ruin you! She'll bring you to your knees." His answer was a prayer, murmured above me. "Even better."- ~A tale of oaths, and the people who break them~ Cassia Aurelius is a thief, an orphan, and a girl who made a terrible mistake... she ate Fae food. Now she's trapped in a realm of beautiful half-truths disguised as mercy, where the price of survival is combat. Forced into deadly trials before a crowd of merciless Fae, Cassia fights to keep her life, unaware that the game was never meant for her to win. When a dashing Fae Lord steps in to save the hapless human girl, she sees no way to live long enough to find her way home, except his unwanted offer of marriage. This Lord had his own reasons for this chivalry, however. She was not to be a bride, but a key. Hunted, terrified, and betrayed, Cassia finds an unlikely ally in the court of her betrothed. One with secrets that echo her own... one who leads her to a reclusive and broken Fae Lord who sees the darkness she hides. As war brews and ancient magic stirs, love becomes a weapon. Cassia must decide who to trust before she loses more than her home and freedom. In the Fae realm, looks can be deceiving. And after a life of hot and cold, Cassia isn't certain she can trust a "just right". TWs: -Physical & Emotional abuse -Domestic Violence -Torture and Imprisonment -Major Character Death -Themes of Self Harm and Suicidal Ideation (part of character arc, not glorified) -On the page sex scenes (consent implied or explicit, but present) Read with care!