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Owned by the obsidian beast.

To save his kingdom from a curse of stone, a dying prince buys a girl who is a living battery, only to realize he has unleashed a power that will either melt his heart or incinerate the world. Elara Vance is the collateral for a debt she did not rack up. Sold by her father, Silas, to the dreaded Julian Vane, she becomes a living anchor against the Stonework Curse. As the "Dead Prince" of Oakhaven turns to literal marble, Elara’s scent of Night-Blooming Cereus fractures the frost on his skin. It awakens a predatory hunger dormant for a century. What begins as a cold transaction shifts as Julian loses his senses, becoming entirely dependent on Elara’s heat to remain human. Through forbidden research, a dark truth emerges. Elara is a Seeker. She is a rare conduit of power Silas has been priming like a battery for twelve years. The dynamic of captor and captive shatters as Julian realizes he is not just collecting a debt. He is guarding a prize the entire underworld is coming to claim. Hostility melts into a volatile and touch-starved attraction. As they share a Shadow-Seeker bond, Elara begins to inherit Julian's ruthlessness. She transitions from a victim to a predator who finds power in his terrifying devotion. Betrayal strikes when Julian’s former lover, Isolde, baits them with a Heart-Stone shard. This catalyst triggers a violent transformation rather than a cure. In the heart of a forest siege by the Fenris Pack, Julian’s self-control snaps. He pins Elara against the ancient stone with fangs at her throat. He is ready to consume her to survive. When he finally bites, her Seeker blood acts as a detonator. His marble skin explodes like shrapnel to reveal the Dragon Beast within. Julian becomes a storm of obsidian scales and hellfire, annihilating their enemies to protect his anchor. The journey concludes in the Blackwood where Elara chooses to rule. She performs the Vow of the Obsidian Heart to bind Julian’s divinity to her own heartbeat. He is restored to a god-like state, but he can only draw his power through her command. The Dead Prince and his Seeker Queen transform Oakhaven into a fortress of glass and shadow. Elara remains not as a prisoner, but as the wielder of the beast. As they host a gala for their fallen enemies, Elara feels a sudden, icy shiver. A figure at the back of the hall raises a glass, revealing a mark on their wrist that matches the one on Silas’s stolen relic. The debt was never truly settled
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