Where The Shadows Bloom (First Draft)

A dark fairytale. A cursed girl. A love born from ruin.

No one escapes the Shatterlands unchanged.

Born into a prison masked as a kingdom, Maysiliee Le Fay, her twin brother Etíenne, and the sharp-tongued pirate Evren have survived horrors most can't imagine. But when a series of events- filled with blood and betrayal -forces their past into the light, they're granted an impossible choice: stay silent or step into a world that was never made for them.

Velgrave University is a place of magic, legacy, and power. It is also a place of masks, prejudice, and secrets. The trio must navigate nobles who see them as dangerous, a system that would rather they disappear, and the echo of old curses that refuse to stay buried.

But the past doesn't just haunt-it hunts.

With magic rooted in serpents, shadow, and blood, they'll uncover who they truly are, who they were never allowed to be... and who is still watching.

This is not a fairytale of princes and princesses.
This is a story of survivors.
Of teeth.
Of grief.
Of love that digs its nails in and stays.

💀 Trigger Warnings Inside | 🖤 Dark Fantasy | 🐍 Slow Burn & Found Family
🔮 For fans of: Dungeons & Dragons, Hogwarts Legacy, The Hunger Games (Covey), Descendants, Criminal Minds, and Southern Gothic fairytales, folk lore, and mythology