Time to Read: 7 minutes
Stabbed in the back by her cousin, a bookish princess finds herself jailed and awaiting death by combat. She has one hope, a forbidden spell she had read once that would transform her into something more than human...
Warning: This story focuses on ritualized cutting and blood.
artful scars, betrayed by family, dark magic, divine magic, energy vampire, getting more than they bargained for, imprisoned royal, justifying the means, knowledge transfer, roman trappings, she gets super fit, she gets taller, using evil power for good, warrior-princess