Author Note
Please read if you are sensitive to certain content, as this is a dark fantasy romance with horror elements.
The age gap is 9 years, nothing crazy. Everyone is an adult 28+ once the story gets going.
This is a true slow-burn; prepare for that.
Yes, it does get filthy when it gets there.
Yes, you will probably hate me a lot.
Yes, there are tropes you probably hate, but I ask that you trust the author to deliver. Any trope has the potential to be done well.
This story is currently 450k words. There are A LOT of tropes. Probably all of them, who knows. What's important is the MMC is a morally questionable hottie who rescues the FMC just to turn around and plan on selling her into slavery.
The following are the accurate tags for this story:
Rape/Non-con Elements, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Past Rape/Non-con, Blood and Gore, Body Horror, Psychological Horror, Folklore, Loss of Limbs, Slavery, Abuse, Addiction, Character Death, Death, Human Sacrifice, Animal Sacrifice, Witchcraft, Miscarriage, Self-Mutilation, Drowning, Sex, Public Sex, Vivisection, Minor human/monster romance, Slavic Folklore, Hurt/Comfort, Found Family, Dark Fairy Tale Elements, Fairy Tale Elements, Fairy Tale Curses, Fairy Tale Style, Age Difference, Attempted Rape/Non-Con, Pagan Gods, Pagan Festivals, Russian Mythology, Mythology, Strong Female Characters, morally gray, Morally Grey, Dark Magic, Blood Magic, Witch Curses, Witch Hunters, Curse Breaking, Curses, Non-Sexual Slavery, Enemies to Lovers, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Enemies to Friends, Yearning, Trauma Recovery, Dark Romance, Adventure & Romance
Disclaimer: You might find that this story is very similar to another work that was published and has since been taken down. Although it is under a different pen name, I own both the copyrighted works. This is a major rewrite with a lot of new content. If you recognize the work, I ask that you do not mention the original here for reasons I can't get into.
can't wait to reaaaaaad