Bound In The Shadows
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Last published Sun, Apr 5, 2026
After the war, humanity lost and the supernatural beings claimed the throne.
Now ruled by fear, Queen Vespera is everything the world taught her to be: ruthless, untouchable, merciless. Humans exist only to serve, and loving one is forbidden. Especially for her.
Iris is just a human orphan with a love for ballet and a will to survive. When she's sent to work in the Queens Castle, she expects cruelty, but not fate. Not the invisible bond that ties her to the most dangerous ruler in the realm.
Vespera refuses the truth. Iris pays the price.
Caught between power and desire, hatred and longing, both women are dragged into a bond neither of them chose and neither of them can escape. As secrets unravel and shadows close in, one question threatens to change everything:
What happens when a queen is bound to the one she was raised to destroy?
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