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She was never meant to be a pawn. Now, she might become queen—or destroy them all.

Manon was stolen from her world and bound to the madness of a fae prince. She broke free once… but freedom in Samera is a dangerous illusion. Now caught between Rashien—the tormented lord who once loved her—and Vrogran, the sealed-bound Red King who marks her as his mate, Manon must play a game of power, survival, and seduction.

Vrogran promises her the throne, naming her the highest queen of Samera. But Manon knows his plans run deeper—and darker. She's the key to an ancient crown, a power long buried beneath blood and betrayal. While Vrogran obsesses and Rashien rages, Manon plots.

She is no man’s prize. She is not their salvation.

She is their undoing.

Anathema's Veil: A Madman's Obsession

Rashien's gaze followed her wild, fractured, aching.

"I'm not afraid anymore," she said softly. "Of you. Of this place. Of myself."

For the first time, she saw Rashien as more than the mad fae lord who'd stolen her, saw the man beneath the madness, shattered though he was.

"Why did you keep me bound?" she asked.

He looked away, eyes dark pools of regret.

"Because I was afraid. Afraid of losing you. Afraid of the emptiness without you."

She stepped closer, heart thudding.

"Then I'll help you piece yourself back together."

A silence stretched between them, fragile, tentative.

And in that silence, a fragile truce was born.

Outside the chamber, the forest of Samera whispered.

Desperately Mad