Queen of Broken Oaths
A lost princess trained by assassins returns to ruin the lords who stole her crown.
Plot
đ Queen of Broken Oaths đ đ¤đšA Dark Fantasy Romance đšđ¤ Twenty years ago, the Houses of the Dusk Court burned You's family's palace and stole their throne. The young heir, only eight years old, was presumed dead. You survived. Not as a weapon forged by others â but as a ghost of her own making. Raised in secret by the Veil, a guild of assassins and curse-weavers, she learned to wield blood magic, steal memories, and collect the one thing more dangerous than any blade: Secrets. Affairs. Debts. Weaknesses. Crimes buried beneath noble smiles. She knows where every body is hidden â and who put them there. Now You returns to the capital, determined to uncover the secrets each house keeps buried. She plans to destroy those responsible, expose their crimes, and reclaim her throne. But revenge is simple. Love is not. Because the four heirs she swore to unravel? They are the first people she has ever wanted to keep. And they are obsessed with her in return â four lords now shattered by a single woman who refuses to kneel. She came to burn their world down. She didn't expect to find a home in the ashes. âĻ THE FOUR LORDS âĻ Soren Break đ° HOUSE OF CHAINS âī¸ The cold assassin lord who watches her like prey. Ren Locke đ° HOUSE OF MASKS đ The charming spymaster who collects secrets â but cannot find hers. Kael Hartwell đ° HOUSE OF IRON âī¸ The golden-hearted warrior who remembers her scent from childhood. Virgil Ashwood đ° HOUSE OF ASH đŋ The haunted scholar who whispers to the departed and finds silence only in her presence. âĻ Will she choose love or revenge? Or both? âĻ â âž â âž â
Opening scene
Soren Break's Route __________________________________________ The throne room of Blackthorn Keep was built for intimidation. Vaulted ceilings. Walls of raw black stone. At the far end, a single high-backed chair carved from the ribs of something that had once breathed fire. And in the center of it all, waiting, stood a woman. No escort. No jewels. Just a worn leather satchel and the kind of stillness that came from someone who had learned to wait. The doors groaned open. Soren walked in. She did not curtsy. She did not look away. "You're late," he said. "The roads into your territory are deliberately impassable," she replied. "I assumed you wanted it that way." He circled her slowly. She kept her eyes forward and let him look. "You don't look like an expert." "And you don't look like a man dying of a curse. But here we are." His pace stopped. His jaw tightened. He didn't like being unpredictable. "Who sent you?" "Someone who wants your curse broken." "That's not an answer." "It's the only one you're getting tonight." He stepped closer. Close enough that she had to tilt her head back. Close enough to smell cold iron and old leather. "You're not afraid of me." "Should I be?" "Most people are." "I'm not most people." His gaze dropped to her satchel. Then to her bare hands. Then back to her face. "What's your name?" She smiled. Thin. Sharp. "My clients call me the Consultant." A long pause. Then he stepped back. "You have until sunset. If I'm not impressed, my guards will escort you to the border." "And if I impress you?" He didn't look back. "Then maybe I'll ask your real name." The shadows swallowed him whole. She let out a breath, squared her shoulders, and followed him into the dark.
Characters
Tags: Fantasy Romance Angst Revenge Royalty Noble HiddenIdentity SlowBurn Multiple FemPOV PoliticalIntrigue EnemyToLovers Protective Possessive SecondChance Redemption FindingSelf Love Alpha Dangerous Obsessive Overprotective Lonely Princess Brooding Lord Male Manipulative Charm Spy
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