The Shadows we Live In

A fae princess hiding in plain sight.
A demon berserker sworn to hate her blood.
A bond that refuses to break.

The fragile peace Seori and Rheon bled to win is already cracking. Summoned back to the glittering cruelty of the Summer Court, Yuna—healer, spy, and secret heir—must choose between the crown that claims her and the found family that made her brave. One misstep, and she’s a pawn in her parents’ war.

Taeyang was forged for wrath, not worship. The fae king’s blades took everything from him, and vengeance kept him breathing. But the mark on his skin answers only one name. When the treaty summit explodes into blood and lies, he has to decide whether to be the weapon he was made—or the man she asked him to become.
In the archives, Yuna uncovers an order that stains her lineage in ash. On the ridge, Taeyang’s uncles raise an army to drag him back into the dark. Between court masks and midnight blades, between balcony vows and battlefield truths, the bond between them becomes a living thing—hungry, holy, and impossible to silence.

If Yuna bows to the throne, she’ll be safe…and caged.
If Taeyang keeps his oath to burn the world for justice, he’ll lose the only light that ever chose him.
Together, they might stop a war—or start one that crowns their love in ruin.

Expect: slow-burn that turns scorching, jealousy with teeth, knife-to-throat confessions, a balcony that remembers, court intrigue, found family, and a heroine who stops dimming and learns to thunder.

Love isn’t soft here. It’s the weapon they choose—again and again.

Continue the saga that began in Our Blood That Binds Us—and step into the shadows where fate bites back, mercy wears a crown, and two souls decide what they’re willing to burn to belong.