I loved a fair boy once… but darkness took him.
Darkness kept me warm in the deep, but this is different. I never expected the secret he revealed. I never thought he would break my heart like this.

Everything that held me together is breaking apart.
I am falling apart.
Moving through the trials and the fancy banquets in the palace, I’m as much a ghost as I was when I arrived here.
Who to trust? Who to be wary of? Is there anyone on my side?
What games are the gods playing?
What do they want from me?
Caught between the command of the sea queen and my own emotions, I don’t know which way to turn.
Yet I’m still going, the wheel of fate turning and turning.
My magic is back.
And those I now am suppose to end are the same ones holding my heart, the same ones I wish to save.
My wish? To understand, find out the truth at last, so I can see the end of this story.
My problem? The man I love is the man I hate, and how am I going to ever win this game without losing my mind?
My only chance? Save everyone until I get to the bottom of this, even if it means refusing orders and abandoning my mission.
Abandoning prudence and throwing caution to the wind.
After all, what does it matter? It’s too late for caution. We’ve come to the end, the bitter end, and I have to know whether I made a haunting mistake or whether my heart spoke true.
I hadn’t counted on this mission upending the world, on the truth causing a clash of monsters.
Hadn’t counted on a different darkness saving me.
On a new family and a new beginning.
I’ll always be a thorn, but this thorn has found a way to bloom.
Let the light in. It’s time to glow.

* This is the final book in the trilogy. Look inside for content guidance.*

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