
Web serial by iCaelus
When Vera is suddenly torn from everything she knows, she awakens in a strange new world with nothing but the clothes on her back, her sharp mind, and a skill of immense power. Thrust into unfamiliar lands filled with shifting alliances and hidden dangers, she must learn to survive, adapt, and carve out her place. As she journeys across vast landscapes and through tangled webs of politics and ambition, one question remains — what kind of role will she choose to play in a world that demands so much? Will she become the world's savior, or its greatest threat?

Gobeth Argos — Princess of the Dank Courts, Queen of the Wild Hunt, and acting Sovereign of the Sluagh — returns from High Court with a mission: implement new decrees and bring her courts into the modern era. But Faerie has other plans, manifesting in vivid, inexplicable dreams and the nagging sense that something is missing. With only the dreams and the words of an old seer to guide her, Gogo begins a journey of self-discovery. When tragedy strikes, she is left with questions, ultimatums, and a quest she cannot refuse.

Gogo's quest is just beginning. Contending with the unwanted attentions of another monarch and their dangerous desires, she and her companions race to complete the quest before the Sluagh Chancellors escalate the situation. With Faerie changing rapidly, her father's murder still unresolved, and three items to find scattered across the world, new experiences and dangers lie around every corner — and the light at the end of the tunnel only makes the threat ahead more visible.

Quest fulfilled and a new king at her side, Gobeth Argos faces her next challenge: bonding with her king and introducing him to the rest of the Nightmare Courts. The Sluagh Chancellors must be brought to heel — especially as Gogo knows they are plotting to hand their courts to the goblin king Huron. Old enemies emerge from the shadows, long-buried truths surface, and a war long brewing before her birth is finally at hand. Blood will be spilled, alliances forged, and Faerie itself will be tested.

The battle may be over, but the war is far from won. Poseidon has emerged, and the Nightmare Courts face new threats on every front — from a Hobgoblin queen seeking inclusion to the rising Light Courts and the simmering animosity between rival gods. Mythical treasure has surfaced, and the Nightmare Courts must find it to claim the glory they were always owed. With Poseidon working behind the scenes, nothing comes easily. By the end, gods will be dead, secrets revealed, and a queen will rise alongside her monsters.