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The First Starfall: A Kingdom’s First Betrayal
Tarlocus Coffmyn was never meant to die in the sand.
Eighteen years old, heir to one of the oldest bloodlines in the Ten Kingdoms, he is steady where others are reckless and loyal where the court is treacherous. The Cavendish crown calls him noble. The people call him golden. His mother calls him her future.
The arena calls him sacrifice.
When King Stephen Cavendish announces a ceremonial duel meant to display unity between the throne and House Coffmyn, it is framed as honor. Celebration. Spectacle. But in a kingdom where blood has power and loyalty can be bent like wire, spectacle is another word for control.
As political tensions tighten and old pacts whisper beneath the surface of court life, Tarlocus finds himself at the center of something far larger than pride or rivalry. His death will not be an accident. It will not be a mistake. It will be a message.
What follows in the sand that night is not simply the fall of a young man.
It is the first crack in a dynasty.
The First Starfall is a dark, mythic prelude to the Moondust Trilogy — a story of legacy, betrayal, and the moment a mother decides that kingdoms must burn.
Eighteen years old, heir to one of the oldest bloodlines in the Ten Kingdoms, he is steady where others are reckless and loyal where the court is treacherous. The Cavendish crown calls him noble. The people call him golden. His mother calls him her future.
The arena calls him sacrifice.
When King Stephen Cavendish announces a ceremonial duel meant to display unity between the throne and House Coffmyn, it is framed as honor. Celebration. Spectacle. But in a kingdom where blood has power and loyalty can be bent like wire, spectacle is another word for control.
As political tensions tighten and old pacts whisper beneath the surface of court life, Tarlocus finds himself at the center of something far larger than pride or rivalry. His death will not be an accident. It will not be a mistake. It will be a message.
What follows in the sand that night is not simply the fall of a young man.
It is the first crack in a dynasty.
The First Starfall is a dark, mythic prelude to the Moondust Trilogy — a story of legacy, betrayal, and the moment a mother decides that kingdoms must burn.
141 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 20, 2023
About the author
Elle Greggory
9 books2 followersElle Greggory writes emotionally feral, sexually explicit romance where the men are obsessed, the women are soft but stubborn, and love rarely leaves anyone unscathed. Her books explore lust, identity, power, queerness, obsession, and all the messy ways desire can ruin a person before putting them back together.
She is the author of *Heated Curiosity*, *Beg for Me, Damien*, *The Gilded Cage*, *Cold Cocked: A Winter Ruin Story*, *The Queen’s Mirror*, and many more. Her stories are packed with filthy dialogue, destructive chemistry, complicated devotion, and heroines who refuse to settle for less than everything.
When she is not writing, Elle is probably overthinking a fictional relationship, reorganizing her hopelessly chaotic sock drawer, or inventing another dangerously devoted man with absolutely no interest in behaving normally.
If you love obsessive heroes, virgin heroines, messy emotions, sharp humor, and romance novels that bite back, you are in the right place.
She is the author of *Heated Curiosity*, *Beg for Me, Damien*, *The Gilded Cage*, *Cold Cocked: A Winter Ruin Story*, *The Queen’s Mirror*, and many more. Her stories are packed with filthy dialogue, destructive chemistry, complicated devotion, and heroines who refuse to settle for less than everything.
When she is not writing, Elle is probably overthinking a fictional relationship, reorganizing her hopelessly chaotic sock drawer, or inventing another dangerously devoted man with absolutely no interest in behaving normally.
If you love obsessive heroes, virgin heroines, messy emotions, sharp humor, and romance novels that bite back, you are in the right place.
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