When Empires Dream
"Game of Fate and Wit"~
In the ruthless court of the Aurelith Empire, where power is the only currency and loyalty is a lie spoken in silk, Prince Lucien Aurevane wears many masks—and all of them are weapons.
At twenty, he is called the Serpent Prince. Silver-haired and violet-eyed, beautiful enough to be mistaken for something divine, he moves through the imperial palace like a plague wrapped in seduction. Courtiers whisper about his debauchery. Ministers dismiss him as a distraction. His elder brother Darian, the Crown Prince, sees only a rival too pleasure-drunk to threaten the throne.
They are all wrong.
Behind every seduction lies intelligence sharp enough to stop wars with metaphors. Behind every scandal, a strategy decades in the making. Lucien has spent his life building a reputation designed to make dangerous men underestimate him—and it has worked perfectly. While his brother swings hammers at problems requiring scalpels, while ambitious uncles scheme and empresses plot, Lucien plays a game no one else can see.
But every predator eventually meets something that refuses to be prey.
Death Knight Ethelia De Colisson—one of twelve legendary warriors who can rival armies alone—has survived battlefields, trauma, and a lifetime of being reduced to a weapon. She doesn't fall for charm. She doesn't bend to power. And she certainly doesn't trust princes who smile like they're collecting secrets.
Yet when the Emperor commands her to remain at court, to train the brother everyone calls careless, she discovers that Lucien Aurevane is neither distraction nor fool. He is something far more dangerous: a man who has stared into the abyss of his own emotional emptiness and learned to weaponize the void.
A morally gray epic of political intrigue, dark seduction, and the brutal cost of ambition. Perfect for readers who crave the sharp wit of 'Game of Thrones', the strategic complexity of 'Red Rising', and romance that cuts as deep as it burns.
"CONTENT WARNING: Contains mature sexual content, manipulation, morally ambiguous characters, and dark themes. Not suitable for readers under 18."
