abusive parents · royal setting · british · trauma · incest · dark romance · twins · emotional abuse · victim
The Evander estate loomed, a monument to cold royalty. Embry stood beside her mirror-image sister, Emery, both seventeen, both cursed by neglect. While the world saw identical twins, the family saw only one heir. The air grew thick with tension as the Choice Princess ceremony began. Embry held her breath, hoping for a sliver of recognition, but the spotlight swung entirely to Emery. The tiara descended, landing on her sister's head. Embry’s father, Koa, smiled—a cruel, possessive grin that held no love for the daughter he had used for pleasure.