Cursed by the Moon's Shadow

Elara, a quiet healer haunted by the death of her family, possesses a forbidden gift: the ability to mend any wound, but at the cost of binding herself to the pain of another. Forced into a treacherous court teeming with ambitious nobles and ancient curses, she catches the eye of Lord Kaelen, the scarred and enigmatic Shadow Regent, rumored to be a monstrous creature of the night. He is drawn to her light, she to his darkness, but their volatile connection threatens to unravel the delicate balance of a kingdom poised on the brink of war. Elara must navigate a world where love and betrayal are two sides of the same coin, and her healing touch might either save the realm or unleash a primordial evil bound to Kaelen's cursed bloodline. Can she truly love a man who might be her undoing?