Born For SilkA Dark Love Story
The Cradled Common
Nicci Harris
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Copyright © 2024 by Nicci Harris
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.
ISBN ebook: 978-1-922492-33-3
ISBN print: 978-1-922492-34-0
Edited by Margot Swan
Internal graphics by Nicci Harris
Cover design by Nicci Harris
Map Design by Ed Napoleao
Character illustration: Athena Bliss
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
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Contents
Sensitivities
Foreword
Glossary
The Cradle Map - Mainland & Aquilla
The Cradle Map - Aquilla
I. To be a King
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
II. Welcome to The Cradle
Chapter 1
A King’s Portrait
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
III. To be a Silk Girl
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
IV. For The Cradle
IV1
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
IV6
A Silk Girl’s Portrait
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
Epilogue
Epilogue
Epilogue
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Acknowledgements & Extras
Nicci Who?
Stalk Me…
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I could totally write
—for the dark romance girlies who want a huge, genetically modified king with an unnaturally large…
But instead I am going to dedicate this to my husband who has supported me from the first time I hit publish in 2018, through broke times, when I was absent, when he had to pick up the slack, when it seemed I was more invested in fictional love stories than my own.
I love you, babe.
Our story is the best.
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Sensitivities
I would prefer that you go in blind, but only if you do not have any sensitivities.
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Foreword
A thousand years of climate change, genetic engineering, and war destroyed civilisation as it was.
From the remains came the age of The Trade and The Crown. In return for resources, security, and a meaningful purpose, citizens accepted a life of service to the new world.
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Glossary
The Cradle: A dystopian land governed by a socialist-inspired regime called The Trade. It comprises of three separate land masses, Horizon, The Mainland, and Aquilla.
Horizon: The desert to the North and West of The Mainland Cradle. The Horizon has no mapped landscape. It is thought to be completely uninhabitable.
The Mainland: The largest land mass of The Cradle.
Aquilla: The island south of The Mainland Cradle.
The Strait: A hectic stretch of ocean between The Mainland Cradle and the island Aquilla.
Redwind: A thick, fierce, sand-laden gale that blasts The Cradle in its entirety. The desert soil is red in The Cradle; hence, the colour of the wind turns the atmosphere to a haze of crimson— a red wind.
Red Decline: A sweeping desert landscape situated in the centre of Aquilla. It is extremely dangerous and isolated.
