Stolen by the Rebel King Novel

Without magic to her name, Princess Daphne exists to serve one purpose: a bride bound by duty to seal an alliance. Her fate seems written until the day she's torn from everything familiar and dragged into the frozen domain of Vramid. There, in mountains that pierce the unforgiving sky, she discovers she's stepped into a world far darker than she could have imagined.

Vramid answers to one man alone—a ruler whose very shadow strikes terror across the continent. King Atticus Heinvres dominates the North with absolute command. Tales paint him as something beyond mortal: a monster, a devil incarnate, a force of devastating power that defies reason. An obsidian ring, said to be cursed, magnifies his abilities—legends claim he can level armies and obliterate nations with a mere flick of his hand. None who venture beyond Vramid's borders have ever encountered him alive. Not until Daphne.

But meeting the fearsome king upends everything she's been told. This man, draped in darkness and ruthlessness, may not be the monster the world believes him to be. What lies beneath that formidable exterior could be something far more valuable—a diamond concealed within the rough stone.

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"Now… where should I put you both?" he asked casually, not expecting a reply. "It's regretful that I only have one chandelier."
"Underneath my bed? No, no, too dirty. My dust bunnies don't deserve this," Atticus mused to himself. "The mantlepiece? How about the vanity table? I suppose if I lop off one of your heads I could mount it over… Wife, which head do you want to stare at while you do your hair?"
"Atticus!" Daphne screamed. "I don't want any heads! Let them go."
"Fair enough." Atticus shrugged, and flicked his fingers.
There were two identical cracks as both necks snapped at once.
Daphne gasped, horrified. This man, her husband, had just killed two men with a flick of his finger, as though he was snuffing out candles.
"I told you to let them go!" Daphne cried out.
"Yes, I let them go," Atticus said. Then, his eyes darkened. "To receive divine judgment from the heavens."
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