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The Nordic Maiden of the Fairy Mound

In the frozen reaches of the North, Astrid Egildottir of Vinterhall was raised to inherit more than a name. As heir to an ancient bloodline and the only daughter among eight brothers, she bore the weight of tradition, politics, and expectation. Bound by her grandfather’s will to marry Prince Leif of Verdelund, Astrid’s life was set to become a bridge between north and south—whether she wished it or not. But when the Verdelunds reveal themselves as vampires, the Winter Hall becomes a slaughterhouse. In one night, Astrid loses everything—her family, her shieldguard, her home. Betrayed and cornered, she is bitten by Leif and, in the same moment, attacked by a hidden Child of the Moon. The venom and the virus should have destroyed her. Instead, they awaken what lies dormant in her blood: the touch of the goddess Freyja. Reforged in agony and reborn beneath a violet full moon, Astrid rises as something new—neither vampire nor werewolf, but a hybrid bound by divine spark. She alone survives the massacre of Vinterhall, cursed with power, sharpened by grief, and carrying the ashes of her family on her shoulders. Now, the last daughter of a fallen house must carve her path through a world that will see her as monster, miracle, or weapon. The Hunters would see her destroyed. The Children of the Moon would see her as blasphemy. And the southern kingdoms will not suffer the North’s heir to live, not after the blood debt left in her wake. Astrid Vinterhall walks alone—haunted, hunted, and remade. But she is not broken. The purple moon has marked her, and the world will learn what it means to stand against the last of Vinterhall.
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Abandoned Wife, Claimed By A Duke

Prologue — Zoya Velisar Married to Count Jaffery Velisar, she believed that even if love did not grow between them, at least respect would. But respect was the first thing Jaffery threw away. Three years into their marriage, when they still had no child. One night, he made a demand that shattered Zoya’s world. “Zoya, I need an heir. You only have to spend one night with my friend.” She thought he was drunk. Delusional. No husband could ask his wife that. But Jaffery was terrified of the world discovering the truth—that he was incapable of fathering a child. And to protect his pride, he was willing to sacrifice her dignity. Broken, and pressured until she could no longer fight, Zoya gave in. She spent one night with a stranger… and a few weeks later, she realized she was pregnant. She thought Jaffery would finally smile. But the moment she shared the news, his face twisted with rage. “This child isn’t mine. How dare you lie to me? How dare you get pregnant by another man?” The same man who forced her into the act now accused her of betrayal. The same husband who begged her for a child now called her unfaithful. In a single night, Zoya lost everything—her home, her wealth, her status. Alone and pregnant, she wandered the streets for days, broken and starving, clutching her stomach and whispering apologies to the tiny life inside her. She wanted to give up. She wanted to end her life. But the fragile heartbeat she carried kept her alive. A year passed. She gave birth to a beautiful son—a child with the eyes of a man she didn’t know. A child who deserved a future better than the streets. When her son turned two months old, Zoya made a decision. That she would search for the real father—the stranger from that night. Not for herself, but for her baby. she made a decision to leave the child with his father because Zoya had nothing left to give him. She didn’t know his name. She didn’t know his face. She didn’t even know where to begin. And that's how Zoya’s journey begins to find the father of her son.
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