Crown of Blades
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Last published Thu, Oct 23, 2025
The blood of thousands stains her hands.
Zehreen is the heiress to the kingdom of Sakara--a conquered land shaped by her mother's political machinations and a foreign rule set on exploiting magic-users. But beneath her royal heritage, she hides a secret: she is a trained assassin to an underground guild. When a revelation about her bloodline and the true intentions of her mother's throne threaten everything she has known, Zehreen's secrets are on the verge of being exposed. Among royal politics, magical intrigue and her ties to the Gods, she has to choose between duty and ambition.
Will she crumble under the weight of a dual identity or push back against the darkness of her heritage?
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