Moonlit Betrayal

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Summary

They say Elowen burned. The square saw ash; the court clung to the lie. But in the tunnels below, her brother fights to drag her back from the Hollowdark—and the brand on her wrist proves someone chose mercy over execution. With the king dead and the true heir missing, Prince Lyric is shoved onto a throne never meant for him, holding a kingdom of wolves together with ink, iron, and a too-perfect smile. At the border, Vaelor Nightbane—an exiled hybrid with twilight in his veins and a lawyer’s hunger—marches toward the capital claiming blood-right, legitimacy… and the authority to judge the realm. Far from court, Rhydian runs the ridges haunted by the mate he believes lost—until their bond stirs like a spark refusing to die. That echo leads him toward a truth the crown buried: Elowen may live, and she may be the only hope for peace between claw and thorn. But peace demands a sacrifice. As Unseelie houses rally to Vaelor and ancient laws rattle awake, the kingdom faces a brutal choice: try its rightful heir for regicide or surrender the throne to a ruler who promises order without mercy. Caught between a suitor who covets her power and a mate the law demands she condemn, Elowen must rise from shadow to crown—and decide who survives her ascent. Moonlit Betrayal is a lush, dagger-edged fantasy romance where love is a weapon, truth has teeth, and every oath is written in blood.