The Hollow Throne
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Some monsters are born. Others are made.
Lyra Wren spent her life chasing the shadows that stole her family - ancient, blood-soaked things that wear human faces and hunt under moonless skies. Now the owner of a relic shop filled with forbidden texts and cursed artifacts, she's made a living out of what most would dare not touch.
But when a string of brutal, unexplained attacks begins haunting her city, Lyra finds herself caught in the snare of a darkness far older and more merciless than she's ever known. A man without a crown. A king without a name. And the moment his cold hands find her throat, Lyra realizes the very thing she's hunted her entire life has been hunting her in return.
In a world where the line between predator and prey blurs, obsession can be a weapon, and some deaths taste sweeter than salvation. She was always meant to fall.
The only question is - how far?
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