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Bound to a ruthless monster by an ancient blood rite, Princess Theia is traded away to a foreign realm, unaware that her dangerous new life might finally grant her the freedom to heal. Secrets are reveal and past trauma is uncovered in this whirlwind journey of slow-burn romance and a reverse harem where the men already love each other.In the cold shadows of the Royal Palace of Iskeld, Princess Theia has mastered the art of survival through quiet invisibility. Ignored by her father King Aldric and secretly enduring the calculated cruelty of General Callen.Everything shatters when King Aldric uses her as a political pawn to seal a delicate treaty with their realm's most feared enemy. Nikolai Ashryn is the mythic Hybrid King of Aretrea, a half-vampire and half-werewolf monarch who ended a century of war through unyielding power. Forced into an arranged marriage with Nikolai, Theia is uprooted to his foreign court in Ashbane.General Callen’s obsession turns volatile, his violence escalating as he tries to keep his grip on her. Meanwhile, within Nikolai’s inner circle, his commanders, Koda, an Alpha wolf and Elior, an ancient vampire, begin to notice the deep scars Theia carries. But there is more between the three powerful men than there seems, and Theia is going to have to figure out how she fits into it all. Trapped between a past built on silent trauma and a future bound to a legendary beast, Theia must learn to navigate the lethal politics of a new world. Can she discover whether she has merely traded one cage for another, or will Ashbane give her the strength to claim her own life?
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