For once... the dark side takes the win. King Cormac is brooding, lethal, and completely unbothered. He has ruled the Dark Fae courts for centuries, but his throne is missing one thing: a queen. For hundreds of years, his search has turned up nothing. He needs someone whose power and darkness can match his own, but the universe has been holding out on him. Little does he know, his true match is already walking the streets of Manhattan—hidden in plain sight, her identity completely smothered by human life.Penelope Verdugo-Simms is a sharp, hard-working ad executive for one of New York's top marketing firms. She has absolutely no clue that a reservoir of ancient, ancestral Luminary magic is running through her veins.So when she meets "e;Corbin"e; at a local bar, she doesn't see a terrifying, 4,500-year-old Dark Fae King. She just sees an annoying, cocky, younger guy who gives off major Gen-Z energy. Everything in Pen's gut tells her to ignore him before she gets herself in too deep.Yet, the chemistry is too loud to ignore, and Pen falls hard. But a love between the ultimate Light and pure Dark is strictly forbidden. Now, an ordinary ad girl and an ancient king have to navigate the razor-sharp, cutthroat politics of both the Dark and Light courts just to survive each other.With her blinding powers of light and his suffocating passion, they might just be the perfect cataclysm. But when the dust settles, will Cormac and Pen rewrite the laws of the realm? Or will the combined wrath of the Numinous Light and Dark Councils tear them—and the city—completely apart? For a full list of content levels, please visit the author's official website.

For once... the dark side takes the win. King Cormac is brooding, lethal, and completely unbothered. He has ruled the Dark Fae courts for centuries, but his throne is missing one thing: a queen. For hundreds of years, his search has turned up nothing. He needs someone whose power and darkness can match his own, but the universe has been holding out on him. Little does he know, his true match is already walking the streets of Manhattan—hidden in plain sight, her identity completely smothered by human life.Penelope Verdugo-Simms is a sharp, hard-working ad executive for one of New York's top marketing firms. She has absolutely no clue that a reservoir of ancient, ancestral Luminary magic is running through her veins.So when she meets "e;Corbin"e; at a local bar, she doesn't see a terrifying, 4,500-year-old Dark Fae King. She just sees an annoying, cocky, younger guy who gives off major Gen-Z energy. Everything in Pen's gut tells her to ignore him before she gets herself in too deep.Yet, the chemistry is too loud to ignore, and Pen falls hard. But a love between the ultimate Light and pure Dark is strictly forbidden. Now, an ordinary ad girl and an ancient king have to navigate the razor-sharp, cutthroat politics of both the Dark and Light courts just to survive each other.With her blinding powers of light and his suffocating passion, they might just be the perfect cataclysm. But when the dust settles, will Cormac and Pen rewrite the laws of the realm? Or will the combined wrath of the Numinous Light and Dark Councils tear them—and the city—completely apart? For a full list of content levels, please visit the author's official website.

For once... the dark side takes the win. King Cormac is brooding, lethal, and completely unbothered. He has ruled the Dark Fae courts for centuries, but his throne is missing one thing: a queen. For hundreds of years, his search has turned up nothing. He needs someone whose power and darkness can match his own, but the universe has been holding out on him. Little does he know, his true match is already walking the streets of Manhattan—hidden in plain sight, her identity completely smothered by human life.Penelope Verdugo-Simms is a sharp, hard-working ad executive for one of New York's top marketing firms. She has absolutely no clue that a reservoir of ancient, ancestral Luminary magic is running through her veins.So when she meets "e;Corbin"e; at a local bar, she doesn't see a terrifying, 4,500-year-old Dark Fae King. She just sees an annoying, cocky, younger guy who gives off major Gen-Z energy. Everything in Pen's gut tells her to ignore him before she gets herself in too deep.Yet, the chemistry is too loud to ignore, and Pen falls hard. But a love between the ultimate Light and pure Dark is strictly forbidden. Now, an ordinary ad girl and an ancient king have to navigate the razor-sharp, cutthroat politics of both the Dark and Light courts just to survive each other.With her blinding powers of light and his suffocating passion, they might just be the perfect cataclysm. But when the dust settles, will Cormac and Pen rewrite the laws of the realm? Or will the combined wrath of the Numinous Light and Dark Councils tear them—and the city—completely apart? For a full list of content levels, please visit the author's official website.