The Void consumes all, erase all hopes and dreams, devours existence itself, and most importantly, it has no mind. Ideals, life, gods, stories, fate, sickness, these will all fade one day, and all it will be in the end...is in the cold Void.
It's a concept, the end of all things, but it has a master. A lonely Knight took on the herald to become the very Vessel to contain this primordial concept in order to save his little sister, and little brother.
But in doing so, made it gave up it shell to become the Shade Lord, and freeing thousands of his fallen Siblings from the duty to Seal the already contained Radiance.
In one moment when he's wandering the pitch darkness, a light like the Radiance, appear deep in the very Abyss it resides in. It couldn't react before the light blips into it and as it know it, the Shade Lord was on a bench, and it noticed the Shell it once discarded has return.
It realized, it wasn't in the Void nor Hallownest anymore.
She was never meant to be noticed.
For three seasons, Cecily Featherington has played her part-smiling when required, curtsying when expected, and pretending she doesn't hear the whispers that call her forgettable. But when she vows this season will be her last, fate takes an unexpected turn.
He was never meant to fall.
Viscount Anthony Bridgerton is the model of propriety-until she walks into the room. With paint on her hands and wit sharper than any gentleman's, Cecily defies every rule he's built his life upon. She is the one woman who unsettles him, challenges him, and makes him question everything he thought he wanted.
What begins as rivalry and restraint turns into stolen glances, near confessions, and nights spent wondering if love can survive the weight of reputation. Because in a world where every feeling is a scandal, and every choice has a consequence, Cecily and Anthony's connection is anything but proper.
It's fierce. It's forbidden.
And it's utterly, irrevocably, out of the ordinary.
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Pre Bridgerton Series - Anthony Bridgerton x Cecily Featherington
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Cecily is my creation, and I own all rights to her. The Bridgerton books are owned by Julia Quinn, and the tv series is owned by Shondaland and Netflix.