The Shadow's Obsession

One Rose for the Crown. One Thorn for the Prince.

In a world where girls are traded for sunlight, Seraphina was born to be a Queen. Elara was born to be a ghost.
But when the sacred Black Rose drinks Elara's blood by mistake, she is whisked away to the Obsidian Spire-the lair of the masked and mercury-veined Prince Valerius. To the world, he is her sister's fiancé. To Elara, he is the predator who corners her in the dark, whispering that she is the only thing in his kingdom that feels real.
Valerius has spent centuries hiding his heart, but Elara is a "glitch" in the magic he cannot ignore. Now, she is trapped in a deadly game of public lies and private hunger.

She was never meant to be his. Now, he'll never let her go.

"You will be the one I seek in the dark. You will be the one who pays the price for my hunger."