The average realized release rate over the past 30 days is 7 chs / week.
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Some people crave a life that is simple, orderly, and planned. Aleksey spent his entire life building one.
Adopted into the powerful Redverse family at the age of seven, Aleksey learned early what was expected of him: obedience, sacrifice, silence. He swallowed his pride, his happiness, and his right to be a child to become a “good son,” enduring cold parents and the quiet cruelty of an adoptive younger brother who despised him.
For years, he endured. For years, he survived. And for a moment, just one, he believed it was worth it.
He found love. He found safety. He found Derek, the man he married and calls home.
That illusion shatters the night Aleksey walks into his bedroom and finds his husband in bed with his younger brother.
This is not a story about a happily ever after.
That single act of betrayal fractures Aleksey’s carefully constructed life. Setting off a chain of events he never could have planned for, dragging him into a world of ancient magic, political conspiracies, dangerous secrets, and forces that have been watching him far longer than he realizes.
Hunted by magical beasts, entangled in arcane legacies, and caught between warring powers that see him as either a weapon or a liability, Aleksey is forced to confront a truth he’s spent his life avoiding:
Endurance is not the same as freedom.
And sometimes, everything must burn before a person can finally choose to live.
