The Stone King's ObsessionUpdated at Dec 12, 2025, 01:22
For a century, King Rhaziel Varyn has ruled from the shadows of his ruined castle, feared as the Stone King, a monster cursed so that anyone he touches turns instantly into stone. Entire armies have fallen beneath his hands. Entire kingdoms tremble at the whisper of his name.No one knows the truth.And so does Elara Thorne, the kingdom’s most skilled assassin.When the royal court promises to free her enslaved family in exchange for the Stone King’s death, she accepts without hesitation. Rhaziel destroyed her people. He murdered her brother. He deserves to die.Or so she believes.Elara infiltrates his cursed lands under cover of night… but her mission ends in stunned horror when she strikes him with her blade, only to be caught by his bare hands.And she does not turn to stone.For the first time in a century, Rhaziel feels a human heartbeat under his palm.And it doesn’t die.Elara becomes the first living person he can touch.The first he can hold.The first who can doesn't turn to stone under his touch.The moment he realizes this, he refuses to let her go.He imprisons her in his fortress. Not out of cruelty, but out of desperate obsession. She becomes the key to his curse, the only person capable of unlocking the truth behind the magic that is killing him slowly from the inside.Elara fights him with everything she has… but fear turns to fascination, and fascination turns to a dangerous pull she cannot escape. Rhaziel is ruthless, merciless, and terrifying. Yet, he is also lonely, protective, and devastatingly gentle with her alone.He touches no one.He kills everyone.As Elara uncovers forbidden secrets about the curse, she learns that the true monster is not the Stone King.Elara must now chose...Kill the villain she was sent to destroy…or save the man who would burn the world to protect her.The deeper she falls, the more unstable Rhaziel becomes. The curse feeds off emotion. Especially Love. and if she chooses him, she risks unleashing the very power the curse was meant to contain.A power that could end the world.In the end, Elara discovers the most terrifying truth of all:To save him, she must become what the world fears most—his queen, his anchor, his weakness… and his only chance at salvation.Their love may break the curse.Or it may break the world.