DRAFTING | Dark fantasy

Blurb

Lilijana was never mad. The bog proved it—answered her offerings and crowned her.

Then it swallowed the woman she loved.

Miles away, Rue’s brother travels toward the marsh with a battle-worn knight, two men deemed expendable by a kingdom at war, finding solace in each other on a road that leads to ruin.

What waits for them isn’t a monster. Just a grieving woman—and a hunger that won’t let go until someone does.

Characters

Lilijana

• From a matrilineal line of madness
• Feeds the bog
• Desperate to have the truth witnessed
• Crowned a queen

Rue

• Found love after grief
• Devotion is sacrifice
• Always tastes like honey
• Neck bites and stolen moments