Crowned In Ashes
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Raised to wield the blade against him. Crowned to stand beside him.
A forced marriage. A shattered kingdom. A love written in blood.
Princess Celeste was raised to kill Crown Prince Cassian-the enemy heir who razed her homeland and signed her fate in fire. To preserve the fragile peace between their war-torn nations, she's forced to marry the very boy she was trained to destroy.
But Cassian isn't the cold monster she imagined. And Celeste... she isn't just a pawn in their game of thrones. Beneath her poised silence lies a deadly secret: ancient, forbidden magic that could tip the scales of power-or burn everything to ash.
As old wounds resurface and buried truths begin to rise, the thin line between duty and desire begins to blur. Cassian and Celeste must navigate palace intrigue, political betrayal, and their own dangerous attraction, all while enemies gather in the shadows-and war threatens to return.
He was her enemy.
She was his downfall.
Together, they might be the end-or the beginning-of everything.
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