To Bleed a Crystal Bloom

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>What a pretty flower to keep locked in a big rocky tower.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Nineteen years ago I was plucked from the heart of a bloody massacre that spared nobody else. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Small. Fragile.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>enigma. </em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now ward to a powerful High Master who knows too much and says too little I lead a simple life never straying from the confines of an imaginary line I've drawn around the castle grounds.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Stay within. Never leave. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Out there the monsters lurk. Inside I'm </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>safe</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> ... though at a cost far greater than the blood I drip into a goblet daily. </span></p><p>Toxic unreciprocated love for a man who's utterly unavailable. </p><p><br></p><p>My savior. My protector. </p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My almost executioner.</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><br></p><p>I can't help but be enamored with the arcane man who holds the power to pull my roots from the ground.</p><p><br></p><p>When voracious beasts spill across the land and threaten to fray the fabric of my tailored existence the petals of reality will peel back to reveal an ugly truth. But in a castle puddled with secrets none are greater than the one I've kept from myself.</p><p><br></p><p>No tower is tall enough to protect me from the horror that tore my life to shreds. </p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>To Bleed a Crystal Bloom is a dark Rapunzel reimagining full of immersive imagery and breathtaking angst. A unique new fantasy series perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Jennifer L. Armentrout guaranteed to grip you from the very first page.</strong></p>