Something is eating the connections between people. Not metaphorically. Literally consuming them, region by region, leaving silence where scent bonds used to hold entire communities together.
Elara can feel the absence. That's her gift, and her curse: she walks the veil between what exists and what's been devoured, sensing the hollow places others can't perceive. She's the only one who can track what's spreading. That makes her essential. It also makes her a target.
Veyra is the hunter assigned to keep Elara alive. Battle-hardened, instinct-proof, immune to every bonding response that governs everyone else. She's supposed to be safe. Uncomplicated. The one person Elara's presence can't touch.
That's not how it goes.
The two women move through territories already going quiet, dead air pressing in at the edges, as the political world above them splinters and factions scramble for control. Their growing closeness isn't just inconvenient. Every stolen moment risks lighting them up like a beacon, bright enough to pull the devourers straight toward them. Desire, it turns out, is exactly what these things feed on.
So they have a choice: stay cold and careful, or acknowledge what's building between them and hope it doesn't get them killed.
Instinct didn't bring them here. Biology didn't build what they have. It's a conscious decision, made in the dark, with the abyss listening.
Can a bond chosen freely outlast the thing that hungers for every light?
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Part of the Of Scent and Sovereign series a sapphic fantasy omegaverse saga of rebellion, redemption, and raw intimacy, where love claims thrones and freedom scents the air.
In a realm where scent rules and iron crowns tighten their grip, fierce alphas and resilient omegas push back against a world that ties desire to power. From forbidden heats in royal courts to bonds forged in battle, a growing pack of women comes together knights, princesses, queens, rebels, mages, seers each refusing to stay contained.
Steel clashes on muddy fields. Incense burns low in hidden chambers. Ancient prophecies begin to unravel as tyrannical empires falter. Bound by fated mates, explosive ruts, and loyalty that doesn't break, they turn suppressed passion into leverage strong enough to reshape kingdoms.
Of Scent and Sovereign is a sapphic fantasy omegaverse saga of rebellion, redemption, and raw intimacy, where love challenges thrones and freedom carries a scent of its own.
When power breathes close, who decides what it belongs to?
