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by Shadowlyn Drake (Author)
The Oracle's Shadowed Prophecy: A Destiny of Darkness
An ancient prophecy. A sinister king. A destiny she cannot escape.
Alira is the Oracle of a traveling carnival, a seer who uses her gift to give readings to weary travelers and hopeful lovers. But her life of quiet desperation is shattered when a mysterious, cloaked man arrives, seeking not a vision of what will be, but a vision of what could be. He is the Shadow King, a legendary figure from the darkest depths of the spirit world, and his chilling request plunges Alira into a maelstrom of fear and forbidden desire.
When she touches him, a dark and malevolent prophecy unfolds-a vision of a world consumed by shadow. Her elders, terrified by the glimpse of a future they cannot control, sacrifice her, sending her on a futile quest to a mythical sanctuary. But the Shadow King is a patient predator, and he has been waiting for her since the moment she was born. He will not allow her to escape a destiny he believes is hers alone.
Forced to travel with the very man she is meant to destroy, Alira is caught between the light of her past and the intoxicating pull of the darkness that surrounds him. He is the abyss, a creature of paradoxes-both a void and a source of incredible, terrifying power. He is not an evil to be fought, but a new world to be claimed. He is not just her captor, but a seductive force that promises to turn her from an outcast into a queen.
Can Alira resist the powerful, possessive hunger of the Shadow King? Or will she be consumed by the prophecy, becoming the queen of shadows she was always destined to be?
