Cora_Vale

After a long writing journey, this story is finally yours.
          	Step into the shadows with me.
          	Join my ARC and read it early. Link below.
          	
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          	"Everything you choose leads back to me." - Lorien Blackbourne
          	
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          	Alaia is a Legion war mage forged in battle, carrying volatile magic and a past she refuses to name. She has survived brutal training and war. What she did not plan to survive is Lorien Blackbourne, High Lord of the Shadow Lands and Warden of the Veil. Ruthless, feared, and dangerously controlled, he does not love gently and does not release what he claims.
          	
          	Alaia carries something ancient in her blood, an opening the Inferno intends to use when the coming eclipse tears the world open. Lorien knows. She does not. To keep her alive, he will cage her, lie to her, and let her hate him if he must.
          	
          	As the Veil weakens and shadow courts stir, Alaia must decide what she is willing to become, and whether escaping him is even possible.
          	
          	ARC now open on Booksprout (closes April 18, reviews due by  April 25):
          	
          	https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review-copy/view/272498/shadowbound
          	
          	Triggers: 
          	Violence and battle scenes
          	Death and injury
          	Dark magic and possession-like influence
          	Loss of control (magical / emotional)
          	Psychological tension and manipulation
          	Moral ambiguity (no clear good vs evil)
          	Power imbalance in relationships
          	Captivity / protective restriction themes
          	References to trauma and past violence
          	Explicit sexual content
          	Intense emotional and romantic dynamics

Cora_Vale

After a long writing journey, this story is finally yours.
          Step into the shadows with me.
          Join my ARC and read it early. Link below.
          
          ✦ ✦ ✦
          
          "Everything you choose leads back to me." - Lorien Blackbourne
          
          ✦ ✦ ✦
          
          Alaia is a Legion war mage forged in battle, carrying volatile magic and a past she refuses to name. She has survived brutal training and war. What she did not plan to survive is Lorien Blackbourne, High Lord of the Shadow Lands and Warden of the Veil. Ruthless, feared, and dangerously controlled, he does not love gently and does not release what he claims.
          
          Alaia carries something ancient in her blood, an opening the Inferno intends to use when the coming eclipse tears the world open. Lorien knows. She does not. To keep her alive, he will cage her, lie to her, and let her hate him if he must.
          
          As the Veil weakens and shadow courts stir, Alaia must decide what she is willing to become, and whether escaping him is even possible.
          
          ARC now open on Booksprout (closes April 18, reviews due by  April 25):
          
          https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review-copy/view/272498/shadowbound
          
          Triggers: 
          Violence and battle scenes
          Death and injury
          Dark magic and possession-like influence
          Loss of control (magical / emotional)
          Psychological tension and manipulation
          Moral ambiguity (no clear good vs evil)
          Power imbalance in relationships
          Captivity / protective restriction themes
          References to trauma and past violence
          Explicit sexual content
          Intense emotional and romantic dynamics

Cora_Vale

“Everything you choose leads back to me.” - Lorien Blackbourne
          
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          He is the shadow in every corner, the chill behind your skin, the calm before chaos.
          
          Lethal, feared, and beautiful, Lorien doesn’t love gently.
          
          He claims what matters to him - and some hearts, once touched, can never escape.
          
          The world will bend under the eclipse. He already knows.
          
          Will you dare to follow him?
          
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          Bound By The Shadow Lord - complete on Wattpad:
          
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/405418322?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=Cora_Vale