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The Ruined Queen: A Dark Fae Romantasy of Forbidden Royal Love, Sovereign Ruin, Dangerous Prophecy, Court Intrigue, Ancient Mirror Magic and a Morally
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Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 756
Weight: 2.19
Height: 1.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The crown has recognised Ilaria Mournvale.
Now the kingdom wants to declare her ruined.
After surviving a coronation that awakened forbidden mirror magic beneath Stormglass Palace, Ilaria should finally be free to rule.
Instead, three powerful provincial houses invoke an ancient law capable of stripping her of direct magical authority while leaving her trapped on the throne.
Their accusation is simple.
The crown is damaged.
The mirrors no longer obey.
And Queen Ilaria is no longer safe enough to control them.
But sovereign ruin hides a far more dangerous consequence.
If Ilaria petitions for release from the mirrors, the burden does not disappear.
It transfers to Peregrin Solvair.
The fae-blooded regent has already sacrificed pieces of his magic protecting Ilaria from impossible futures. Now the forgotten laws of Silvara want to turn him into something worse than a protector: a living ward bound to the kingdom, forced to answer every fracture and forbidden from escaping the very system consuming him.
Ilaria refuses to purchase her freedom with Peregrin's.
Peregrin refuses to let love become another excuse for taking away his right to choose.
And while they fight each other over sacrifice, the Crown Chamber begins using their relationship against them.
Their kisses become legal evidence.
Their loyalty becomes dependency.
Their love becomes proof that neither can be trusted to make an independent choice.
But buried beneath the old laws is a truth powerful families have spent generations hiding.
Sovereign ruin was never meant to be a punishment.
The answering Solvair was never meant to become a sacrifice.
And prophecy was never supposed to belong to one crown, one institution, or one man.
From a forgotten provincial court to secret witness archives and dangerous magical trials, Ilaria and Peregrin begin uncovering a lost system capable of dividing the burden of prophecy among those who actually live with its consequences.
If they can restore it, they might free both crown and regent.
If they fail, Peregrin could become permanently bound to the mirrors.
And Ilaria may discover that being called the ruined queen is the least dangerous thing the old kingdom has planned for her.
The Ruined Queen is Book Two of The King Who Fell First, an adult dark romantasy featuring forbidden queen and regent romance, he falls first, a morally grey fae hero, sovereign ruin, dangerous prophecy, ancient magical law, court trials, political conspiracy, forced separation, high emotional stakes, shared power, intimate trust and two lovers fighting to prove that sacrifice without choice is only another kind of cage.
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