What Remains After Light
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In the kingdom of Volinthis, power is born from bloodlines and race.
Zoe, a commoner, learns early that survival means seduction, intellect, and control. From the academy's marble halls to the King's darkened chamber, she climbs a ladder built on lies and blood.
Zoe detests this order.
What Remains After Light is a story of hunger, power, and the dangerous intimacy between captor and captive, love and vengeance, light and dark.
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