Shadow Realm Chronicles: Maeve

 Her love was her light. Her transformation, her curse. Her revenge, a looming shadow.Before the Great War, the realms of humanity and Fae existed in a fragile, separate harmony. In the forests of Willowmere lived Maeve, a radiant Fae, devoted wife to the human woodsman Hunter, and mother to their infant son, Alexander. Their home was a sanctuary—until the night it was demolished by Marius, a vampire lord of terrifying malice.Marius's attack was swift and cruel. Ripped from her family, Maeve's Fae essence was corrupted through a dark sacrament. Reborn as a creature of the night, consumed by bloodlust and grief, she fled into the clutches of Jonathan, the ancient Shadow King. He offered her power and purpose, crowning her his Queen in the Shadow Realm—a dimension of perpetual twilight.Two decades later, the unassuming town of Rivers Peak has become the primary target of the Shadow King's grand design. Maeve's human family, who have long mourned her, are now the central figures in this looming conflict. Hunter has spent twenty years as a single father, while Alexander has grown into a man grappling with a burgeoning magical heritage—a potent blend of Fae light and human strength.The wound is about to be violently reopened. Alexander's son, Justin (known to friends as Shawn), is the third-generation pawn in this struggle. As he uncovers the truth of his lineage—the shadow of his grandmother and the royal blood of the Shadow King—he becomes a target. Jonathan intends to use Justin's latent power to unleash a darkness that will drown the realms.Maeve, now a formidable Queen, stands at a crossroads. Driven by the Shadow King and a thirst for revenge against Marius, she is haunted by the faint vestiges of her former self. She must choose: succumb to the monster she has become, or fight for the fractured family her master intends to destroy. In the Shadow Realm, every affection is a calculated risk, and reclaiming her freedom may require the final sacrifice of her soul.