The Hollow Threads

For centuries, the people of Elaria have feared the Hollow Forest.
They whisper stories of a monster with towering antlers woven with silver webs, glowing eyes that see through the soul, and a silent gaze that marks those who never return. Children are warned never to step beneath its ancient trees. Hunters refuse to cross its borders. Kings have sent armies into its depths-none have returned.
But legends rarely tell the truth.
Hidden within the forest is Caeldrin, the last Guardian of Fate, an immortal chosen by the forgotten Spider Goddess to weave the threads that bind every living soul. Alone for over a thousand years, he has watched kingdoms rise and fall, loved none, and sacrificed everything to protect a world that has come to fear him.
Until he meets her.
A young woman with no thread of fate.
No past the gods can see.
No future woven into the web of destiny.
She should not exist.
As ancient evils awaken, forgotten gods stir beneath the earth, and a ruthless king hunts the last Guardians to steal their power, the impossible bond between a lonely guardian and the one person untouched by fate may become the world's only hope...or its final undoing.
Some legends are born in blood.
Others are woven in love.
And sometimes...
the strongest thread is the one destiny never meant to exist.