Bride of the Cursed Warlord
Lyra, secret daughter of Hades, marries mortal noble Alexios. When she labors, he and her fake sister lock her in a cellar, drugging her to delay delivery, for her baby is a girl while another woman carries the family’s prophesied male heir. Lyra summons underworld soldiers by breaking Hades’ ring yet loses her daughter. She creates a fake corpse to feign death, then watches her father destroy Alexios’ clan. Ruined and guilt-ridden, Alexios encounters living Lyra in a graveyard, finally knowing
