The Keeper of Thorns

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Elara Vane, a Scribe-Healer within the ancient Sanctuary of Silent Vigil, bore a singular, perilous burden: the comatose form of Kaelen, the legendary ‘Butcher of Blackwood’—a man whose brutal past shattered kingdoms and left her own family in ruin. For two long years, she’d meticulously ensured his deep slumber, praying the healing draughts would forever keep him lost to the world, and to her terrible truth. “Don’t awaken. Please, never awaken,” she’d whispered into the silence of his ward. But fate, or perhaps a cruel jest of ancient magic, intervened. One chilling dawn, Kaelen’s eyes fluttered open, devoid of memory, yet brimming with a latent, animalistic power. Panic-stricken and facing the very monster she’d hidden, Elara uttered a desperate lie. “You are my charge, Kaelen, a simple soldier afflicted by a long illness. And I am your devoted… betrothed.” Now, bound by a dangerous falsehood, she must navigate his awakening instincts and his slowly stirring past, all while an encroaching world seeks to reclaim its most fearsome legend.