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Bound in Shadow (18+)
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  • Reads 293
  • Votes 19
  • Parts 48
  • Time 2h 53m
Complete, First published Oct 01
Mature
48 new parts
Lyra has lived her whole life on the edges of her village, known only as the healer's daughter. When she stumbles upon a wounded stranger in the woods, she should leave him to die. Everyone knows what the shadow-marked are: cursed, dangerous, untouchable.

But against her better judgment, she saves him.

Daemon has long since stopped believing in mercy. Marked by shadows and hunted for what runs in his veins, he trusts no one, least of all a stubborn healer who dares to touch the darkness written on his skin. He wants to hate her. Needs to. Yet with every moment spent in her presence, the lines between enemy and savior blur.

As soldiers close in and secrets unravel, Lyra and Daemon are forced into a fragile alliance. Hatred burns into longing, and longing into something neither of them can deny. But love may be the most dangerous curse of all.

Book 1 in the Song of the Shadowborn series
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