beyond the Doukan curse

For three hundred years, the women of the Doukan lineage have been bound by blood and iron to the Blackwood Castle. Cursed by an ancient grievance, they are destined to enter its gates as slaves, suffer the cruel whims of kings, and perish in misfortune. The darkest twist of the curse lies in the hearts of the royalty: every prince is destined to fall into a desperate, forbidden obsession with a Doukan maid. But this love offers no salvation. Instead, it breeds ruin. The curse demands that any child conceived from this forbidden union be cast out, and the prince's love instantly curdled into absolute, unnatural hatred for the woman he once adored.

​Serenity Doukan grew up in the shadow of this legacy, watching her mother bear the scars of the castle. Vowing to break the wheel of fate, Serenity escapes the borders of the kingdom, determined to forge her own destiny. In her travels, she meets Archie a charming, sharp-witted hunter with a heavy gaze and a gentle touch. Unaware of his true identity, Serenity falls deeply, irrevocably in love.
​But destiny is a cruel playwright. When her mother dies under mysterious circumstances within the castle walls, the magic of the curse pulls Serenity back to claim her inheritance of servitude. There, on the steps of the throne, the veil is lifted:

Archie is not a hunter, but the Crown Prince of Blackwood.
​As the ancient magic begins to tighten its grip on Archie's heart, threatening to turn his devotion into a weapon of destruction, Serenity must decide if their love is the key to shattering the curse, or the ultimate trap that will destroy them both.