A Crown of Teeth and Thorns

She wasn't chosen gently.
She was given.

Roya was never meant to be chosen.

Human. Powerless. Invisible in a world ruled by monsters.

Until one night-she made the mistake of defying one.

Now she's been taken.

Not as a prisoner.
Not as a guest.
But as something far more dangerous.

A possession.

Ciaran Thornvale doesn't ask. He decides.
And he has decided she belongs to him.

But Roya isn't the kind to bow.

And in a kingdom built on power, blood, and control-

defiance has consequences.