The Sleeping Princess's Secret
Paperback
FantasyMystery & ThrillerRomance
Publisher: Martin Gonzalez
Published: Sep 14 2026
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Sleeping Princess's Secret begins when Princess Aurora Whitmore awakens after a hundred years inside a violet crystal sarcophagus. Her return is violent and terrifying: assassins descend upon her before she can even remember her own name. She is saved by Tristan Everhart, a black-armored Knight-Commander whose presence awakens a mysterious resonance between them. Although Tristan does not understand why, his body and soul seem to recognize Aurora.Aurora soon discovers that the kingdom she sacrificed everything to protect has been built upon a lie. A century earlier, she placed herself into magical stasis to keep the Dread Sovereign Morvath imprisoned beneath the world. She believed her sacrifice was necessary to save Oakhaven. But Chancellor Cedric Kingsley and the ruling Council have secretly tapped the Stasis Anvil, siphoning Aurora's dormant aether to power the city's defenses and extend Cedric's life.The revelation becomes even more personal when Aurora discovers the truth about Tristan. Before her century-long sleep, she had deliberately severed his memories and bound his soul with a Sovereign-grade mark. She did it to protect him from Morvath's psychic influence, believing that forgetting her was safer than allowing the Dread Sovereign to use their bond against him. But the decision left Tristan alive yet emotionally fractured, serving a kingdom whose leaders exploited both him and Aurora.As Aurora, Tristan, the scholar Orion, and the feared Arch-Mage Freya Hawthorne investigate the ancient records, another truth emerges: Aurora herself created the original stasis. The magical signature on the Stasis Anvil belongs to her bloodline. She was not imprisoned by an enemy. She cursed herself and entered the sleep willingly, accepting a century of isolation to keep Morvath buried.But Cedric's greed has weakened the seal. The siphons are draining the very power that keeps Morvath imprisoned, causing cracks to spread through the ancient containment system. If the extraction continues, the Dread Sovereign will rise and consume everything.The final battle brings Aurora and Tristan face-to-face with Morvath. With the kingdom collapsing around them, Aurora embraces her full Sovereign power while Tristan fights beside her. Their combined force pierces the titan's necrotic core, destroying Morvath and sealing the ancient rift beneath the earth. The cleansing wave restores the damaged land and clears the sky.When the battle ends, Tristan's memories and identity are no longer trapped behind the artificial barriers created to protect him. He looks at Aurora with clear eyes and recognizes the truth of their bond. Together, they survive the century of lies and sacrifice, finally able to choose their future instead of being defined by the past.
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