Glassbound Seat: A Dark Royal Romantasy of Cursed Thrones, Mirror Prophecy, and Forbidden Love

The throne is not a throne.

It is a mouth.

After opening the first forbidden door beneath Duskharrow, Aderyn Glassmere is no longer only the marked queen the court wants to control. She is the woman who heard the buried mirror speak, the queen who looked at the Glassbound Seat and asked the question no one wanted answered.

What does it take?

The answer waits beneath palace vaults, sealed village wells, old regent chains and the erased names of children the realm was taught to call necessary. As Aderyn follows the trail to Greymere, she discovers that Duskharrow's prophecy has not only fed on queens. It has rooted itself through the kingdom, taking witnesses, memories and lives while princes and priests named the hunger mercy.

Beside her stands Hadrian Thornmere, the fae-blooded regent who has already broken law, oath and chain to keep her alive. But every step closer to the truth wounds him deeper. The old magic knows his blood. The Seat wants his memories. And Prince Valtor Grey knows exactly how to turn Hadrian's pain into a weapon against the queen who cannot pretend she does not love him.

When Valtor offers Aderyn safety, recognition and a throne without chaos, the price is hidden in the reflection.

Obey, and the realm may survive.

Refuse, and Duskharrow may tear itself open.

But Aderyn is done mistaking sacrifice for duty. To save the dying realm, she must sit before the Glassbound Seat, expose the bargain beneath the prophecy and decide whether a queen can rule without becoming another beautiful offering.

The Glassbound Seat is Book Two in The Dying Realm, a dark adult royal romantasy trilogy filled with mirror prophecy, cursed thrones, forbidden love, court betrayal, fae regent magic, morally grey devotion and a heroine who refuses to let the realm survive by consuming the innocent.