Where Our Shadows Meet Love was never meant to bloom in the dark, yet that's where ours was born. In a kingdom fractured by war and secrets, Princess Elira is bound by duty, not desire. But when a masked assassin spares her life and leaves behind only a whispered name, she becomes obsessed with the shadow who should have ended her. Auren is a blade for hire, forged in the fires of vengeance. Sworn to bring ruin to the crown, he didn't expect the girl with fire in her eyes to haunt his every thought. Their paths were never meant to cross again-until fate entwines them in a game of masks, lies, and stolen moments. As kingdoms burn and enemies close in, Elira and Auren must choose: fight for the future they were never promised... or surrender to the shadows pulling them apart. In the space between light and darkness, love dares to bloom-dangerous, forbidden, and unforgettable.
- Elira -
They say death comes quietly. A whisper. A breath. The sound of a blade slipping through the dark.
Whoever said that had clearly never met him.
The night he came for me, the moon was split-half drowned behind clouds, half watching like a silent god. I remember the cold stone beneath my bare feet as I stepped onto the balcony, the velvet hush of midnight cloaking the palace like a prayer unanswered. I should've felt safe behind gold-stitched curtains and glass-towered walls.
But safety is a lie we tell princesses to keep them pretty and obedient.
I heard him before I saw him. Not footsteps. Not breath. Just... movement, like the air bent around him. I turned-and he was already there.
A mask of black steel covered half his face, the other half lost in shadow. He held a dagger-not raised, not lowered-just poised, as if the moment itself were holding its breath. His eyes were the color of a storm. Not lightning, but the quiet, deadly calm before it.
I should've screamed.
I didn't.
Instead, I asked, "Are you here to kill me?"
His silence was a second blade.
"Do it," I said. "If that's why you came."
He stepped closer. I couldn't see his expression, but I felt it-conflict. Not hesitation. Choice. Like something in him was at war. His hand didn't tremble, but his soul did. I felt it in the way the world stilled.
He raised the dagger.
My breath caught.
And then... he turned it.
The blade hissed as it sliced across the air-cutting not flesh, but the velvet ribbon tied around my throat. It fell to the floor, silent as a secret. His hand brushed my collarbone-cold, but not cruel.
Then he spoke, just one word.
"Elira."
He knew my name.
And then he was gone.
Chapter 1 The night he didn't kill me
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Chapter 2 Orders and Ghosts
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Chapter 3 A crown in chains
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Chapter 4 The one I let live
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Chapter 5 Whispers behind silk walls
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Chapter 6 A boy beneath the Laurel
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Chapter 7 Marked by Mercy
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Chapter 8 The dance of daggers
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Chapter 9 A kiss I never gave
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Chapter 10 Blood paths and beautiful lies
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Chapter 11 Where our shadows meet
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Chapter 12 The assassin and the princess
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Chapter 13 Secrets beneath skin
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Chapter 14 Loyal like fire
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Chapter 15 The mask cracks
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Chapter 16 The price of disobedien
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Chapter 17 The crown's blood
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Chapter 18 His blood or yours
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Chapter 19 The empty throne
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Chapter 20 The cage
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Chapter 21 The ultimatum
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Chapter 22 The fire before dawn
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Chapter 23 The queen must fall
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Chapter 24 Throne of embers
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Chapter 25 Her crown, my oath
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Chapter 26 The forgotten door
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Chapter 27 The blood that broke the oath
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Chapter 28 The crown that remembers
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