Promised to the Nightmare Realm
(2026)(The third book in the Dark Companions series)
A novel by K A Merikan
‘You will be my Dark Companion, sweetheart. I will always protect you.’
An honorable elven knight torn between duty and desire.
A human bookworm whose longing for true love may destroy him.
Nate
I’ve always dreamed of a grand love—the kind you read about at three a.m. when your heart aches and the world feels oppressive. I just never believed it would actually find me.
I’m a hopeless romantic. I fall for men who don’t stay. And the last time I trusted someone, it nearly got me killed.
Instead of dying, I was taken to the Nightmare Realm.
An elven knight pulled my soul from a dark river and offered me a bargain: my shadow in exchange for my life. I said yes, because I always do when a charming man chooses me.
Tristan is swoony, flirty, and oh-so-hot—as if every book boyfriend I’ve ever loved stepped out of the page to seduce me.
So, to hell with it, I follow him to a realm of endless darkness, monstrous beasts, and promises written in the stars.
Only then do I learn the truth: I’m bound to another elf, one who only cares about my shadow.
Ancient laws don’t care about my shattered heart, but the deeper I fall into the Nightmare Realm—and into Tristan—the more impossible it becomes to ignore the way he looks at me. How he protects me. How he tempts me into believing I might actually matter to him.
Even if loving me could cost him every vow he’s ever sworn.
And if the Nightmare Realm doesn’t destroy me first, loving Tristan just might.
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‘Promised to the Nightmare Realm’ is a standalone, dark M/M Romantasy filled with yearning and hurt/comfort to tear your heart out, dangerous shadow magic, and scorching hot desire. Devotion and betrayal at the Nocturne Court.
Shadows can be traded, souls can be bound, and survival comes at a terrible cost.
Tropes: Protective Hero, Forbidden Love, promised to another, Hurt/Comfort, Magical bond, Fish Out of Water, Angst with HEA, Only One Bed, Touch Him and Die, Yearning, Portal fantasy, Elven prince, gothic castle, shadow magic, monsters and fantastical creatures
WARNING: This story contains scenes of violence, abduction, trauma, and morally gray characters unafraid to burn the world down for their beloved.