Crown Me Yours - HEARTSTRING DUET - BOOK TWO

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Dark fantasy romance unfolds in a kingdom where death is not an ending and a cursed figure is crowned with unsettling permanence. In the wake of a king’s funeral, Elara performs grim rites while grappling with guilt, obligation, and the invasive weight of a gold crown fused to her skull. As priests and courtiers judge, Elara’s choices collide with public outrage, family grief, and a brother’s fragile suffering, setting a tense, emotionally charged conflict between mercy, deception, and power.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages203

Reading Time5 h 13 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Connect with me! (No really, please do!)

Crown Me Yours HEARTSTRING DUET BOOK TWO INK HEART PUBLISHING [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Connect with me! (No really, please do!) [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Copyright © 2026 by Liv Zander ISBN-13: 978-1-955871-16-7 [www.livzander.com](www.livzander.com) [info@livzander.com](info@livzander.com) Cover Art: JV Arts Headers: PixelFuseStudios Editing: Silvia’s Reading Corner All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the products of the author ’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, events, locations, or any other element is entirely coincidental. Warning: This book is intended for mature audiences. [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Chapter One A WORD OF CAUTION his is a dark fantasy romance, containing situations that might make T some readers uncomfortable. You can visit www.livzander.com for details, or reach out to me directly! [info@livzander.com](info@livzander.com) [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Chapter Two Elara W e wrap the dead with our hands steady and our mouths shut while the afternoon sun hangs bloody over the palace graveyard, casting long, distorted shadows that stretch toward the open mawin the earth. Mother and I lift the king from his bier. Not a gilded thing, not a carved coffin fit for songs; just a plank of wood laid across two trestles, because even royalty runs out of ceremony when rot has eaten the world’s appetite for pretending. Kael is lighter than his height and stature suggest, hollowed out by years of carrying a curse. Mother ’s arms still tremble, harder when she looks at me, then up at the golden spikes fused to my skull. “Legs,” I say, just to cut the silence. My voice sounds like gravel, mostly unused since I crowned myself dead in the throne room yesterday, since Death vanished in a whirl of shadows and rage. “I’ve got them,” Mother whispers, voice cracking. A shroud covers Kael’s face, clean linen pulled tight enough that the shape of his nose makes a small ridge, the hint of his mouth a soft dip in cloth. It feels wrong that I can’t see him. Wrong that I’m relieved I can’t seethe slash across his throat. I adjust my grip under his shoulders, his body cooling rapidly in the autumn air. Stiffness clings to his joints, that rigor that gravediggers know intimately, the body’s final stubborn refusal to bend. We lift him onto the lowering straps. Practiced. Efficient. Mother reaches into the woven willow basket at her feet. Dried marigolds. Bright, orange, cheerful, offensive little things. She takes a handful and arranges them around the shrouded head. Another handful, larger this time, she lines up across his neck. Mother watches her wrinkly hands work and slowly shakes her head.“To hide the blood that crusts in the fibers.” The petals settle, masking the angry red grin I carved into his throat. A mercy for the observers. A lie for myself. If you cover the slash with marigold, maybe it’s just a garden, not murder. Maybe. Something knots between my ribs, tightening with each breath, gaze going to those sunken hollows where Kael’s blue eyes would be. Daron is best with the eyes. He would have been gentle with them, carefully sliding the spoons under the lids. Instead, my brother lies in his bed in

FAQs

What is the overall setup of this book?

The story follows a dark fantasy romance in which Death’s boundaries are disturbed and characters confront consequences through a kingdom, a funeral, and a cursed, fused crown.

Who is Elara and what role does she play early on?

Elara conducts a king’s funeral rites while dealing with grief and the disturbing reality that a gold crown is fused to her skull, affecting how she moves and speaks.

Why do the priests and onlookers react strongly?

Priests question the propriety of a “new queen” conducting a king’s rites, and the crowd’s response is tied to fear of outrage over the crown and royal bloodline expectations.

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