Every hundred years, a mortal girl is chosen by the Moon Temple to serve as the Bride of the Night King—a terrifying ancient being who rules the shadowed realm beyond the mortal veil. None have ever returned.

But this time, the bride chosen is not who she seems.

She has no intention of being sacrificed. No intention of dying quietly. And he—the immortal king forged from starlight and sorrow—has no intention of keeping another heartbroken doll in his cage.

But fate has other plans. Because the moon is bleeding, the stars are falling, and something ancient has awakened beneath the earth… something that knows both their names.

World: A hauntingly beautiful world where celestial magic, divine curses, and ancient beings shape life and death. The people of the world worship two twin celestial deities:

• Solvara – the Sun Goddess, patron of truth, life, war.

• Lunareth – the Moon God, patron of dreams, death, prophecy.

Once balanced, the gods grew distant after the Fall of the Celestials, and their realms slowly drifted into decay. The mortal world still honors their worship, but in fear—not love.

It's name you wonder? Narethial.

Realms of Narethial:

Thaloria; Mortal lands bathed in Gold and Marble. Ruled by priest-Kings and Queens who worship the Sun Godess.

Magic is sacred, tightly controlled. Every century a Human Girl is selected for marriage as Bride of the Moon.

Umbrythar:

The dark moonlit realm of the Night King.

Floating temples, star scattered forrests & creatures born of shadow and memory.

Ruled by the Eclipse court, immortal beings are tied to their King.

The Hallow below;

A sealed buried realm of banished gods and primal horrors. Some say a Great sleeper stirs beneath the land- waiting for the sun and moon to fall.

For centuries, dragons and humans lived in fragile peace, bound by an ancient treaty carved into the sky itself. But when the Dragon Queen vanished a hundred years ago, the treaty began to crumble — and war slowly crept across the realms.

Now, a desperate human kingdom seeks to reignite the alliance with the dragons, sending a diplomatic envoy to the hidden mountain sanctuary of Aereth Taloncrest, heir to the vanished queen and the last known dragon shifter royal. But Aereth has spent years in exile, bitter from betrayal, and wants nothing to do with humans… until he meets your character.

She is not the typical envoy. Perhaps she is:

• A reluctant noblewoman sent as a political offering (or sacrifice),

• A half-dragon hiding her bloodline, raised among humans,

• Or a scholar’s daughter, raised on dragon legends and unexpectedly chosen.

Unbeknownst to her, she carries something powerful — a flame sealed in her blood, part of the ancient Heartbond, a magic that binds a dragon and a human in soul-deep connection. It has not been seen since the Queen vanished.

Aereth is drawn to her against his will. She is the key to reclaiming his mother’s throne… and perhaps the only one who can awaken his full strength.

But others want her too. Rival dragon factions, human lords, and a shadowed cult that whispers of the Ash Bride, a prophesied woman destined to burn the world to ashes — or save it.

And her growing bond with Aereth could either break the curse on their two races… or ignite the war that destroys them both.