The Butterfly King: Shadow Over the Throne. The Butterfly Throne Saga, #4

The war between light and shadow has ended-but peace, it seems, was never meant to be gentle. Twenty years after the fall of the Shadow Court, the world rebuilt itself upon the ruins of prophecy. The kingdoms that once bled for the light now bow to politics, and the songs that once raised gods are sung only to silence restless children. The Butterfly King has become a legend, and legends-everyone says-do not return.
But echoes have a way of finding heirs. Prince Lyric Aurelion, the son of Kael and Lyr, carries both dawn and dusk in his veins. Half human, half fae, he stands as the fragile bridge between two worlds that have never learned to trust each other. The Council calls him a symbol. The Church calls him an abomination. And Lyric himself-neither heir nor hero-calls himself only what he feels he is: a boy born of too much love and too little peace.
When omens rise from beneath Mirror Lake and the moon refuses its reflection, Lyric is thrust into a storm of old secrets and forbidden prophecies. The Council of Ashes plots to unseat him. The Shadow General moves unseen. And in every mirror of the palace, the faint outline of a man who should be dead begins to breathe again. Standing beside him is Arien Vale, a warrior sworn to protect him-body, crown, and secret heart alike.
Bound by duty but drawn by desire, she watches as the young king begins to glow with the same strange light that once remade the world. When loyalty turns to longing and truth becomes treason, their bond will threaten every fragile alliance holding the realms together. Yet darkness wears many faces. The old gods stir in the Veil of Mirrors, whispering of a new throne forged from shadow and song. The ghosts of Kael and Lyr reach through the glass, warning their son that every love demands its own war.
And in the growing twilight, the line between savior and curse begins to blur. To claim his crown, Lyric must choose what kind of king he will be-the ruler of one divided world, or the bridge that unites its broken halves. But to become that bridge, he may have to shatter himself first."Shadow Over the Throne" is a lush, slow-burn romantasy about legacy, loyalty, and love that defies blood and law.
Filled with court intrigue, ancient magic, and a forbidden attraction that glows brighter than the dawn, this fourth volume in The Butterfly Throne Saga marks the rise of a new generation-and the return of the myth that refused to die. When light falters and shadows learn to sing again, the Butterfly King will rise once more-not as one man, but as an empire reborn.