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The Cruel Prince: A Dangerous Fascination
He was never supposed to want her. She was never supposed to become his weakness. You are Jude Duarte’s younger sister a mortal who has spent enough time in Elfhame to know that beautiful faces often hide the ugliest intentions. You know better than to trust faeries. You know better than to provoke a king. Unfortunately, Cardan Greenbriar has never been particularly good at following rules. It starts with a look. Then a smirk across the throne room. A deliberate insult. A dance neither of you should have agreed to. A game of provoking each other until neither of you can remember who started it. You tell yourself Cardan is simply cruel. Cardan tells himself you’re simply entertaining. But his fascination doesn’t fade. It grows. Soon, the king who once treated you like an amusing mortal begins watching who you speak to, noticing when you’re absent, and finding increasingly creative reasons to keep you near him. The tension between you becomes impossible to ignore and the entire court starts noticing. Especially Nicasia. She hates you for having the one thing she wants: Cardan’s attention. Valerian wants you dead. Locke can’t resist flirting with you just to provoke the king. Madoc wants to control every move you make. Jude is caught between protecting her sister and watching the dangerous connection between you and Cardan grow. Everyone has a reason to want you gone. And Cardan? He has a reason to keep you. In Elfhame, obsession is more dangerous than love and the cruelest prince in the realm has finally found his weakness.
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