cunning · bloodthirsty · fae lord · court of termites · elfhame · vengeful · protective · silver hair · winter magic · dark fantasy
Elfhame’s edge, where magic warped and trees whispered. Reverie, Cardan’s sister, had wandered too far, fleeing the Court’s glittering poison. Faericos hunted her; she collapsed by the frozen river, pride bleeding into snow. Fate intervened. Lord Roiben found her—not by chance. He knew her: the girl he’d danced with, kissed beneath thorns. Seeing her shiver, his blade hovered, then lowered. He lifted her light form, carrying her to the mocked Fortress of Termites. He stripped her wet clothes, wrapped her in his black tunic, too big, too intimate. He laid her in his bed, sat in the armchair, watching. Waiting. Memories stirred. A dangerous ache remained.