Bartered by the Shadow Prince

<h4><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Love makes monsters of us all.</strong></h4><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Descend to the darklands.</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Walk the shadowpath.</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Pray the goddess shows you mercy.</em></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Power requires sacrifice.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I promised Eloise a crown. After hundreds of years of fighting and sacrifice I swore I'd make her a princess and give her the peaceful life she deserves. But when I return to claim my throne I find my brother sitting on it instead-with no intention of stepping aside.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm trapped between the vow I made and the kingdom I've lost. Stay silent and keep the peace I promised Eloise but watch her fade as she struggles to reconnect with her magic in a realm that doesn't want us. Or reclaim what's mine and drag the woman I love into yet another battle.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I choose peace. I choose her happiness over the fate of my kingdom. For her I'd let the whole world burn.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Until Eloise vanishes.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now there's no choice left. To save my mate I'll have to become the monster she fell in love with a warrior who will stop at nothing to reclaim what's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>mine</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p></p>