Born for Silk (The Cradled Common Volume 1)

Summary:

If she is chosen, young Aster will become the king's silk maiden. An ordinary person, raised to worship and please him, and to provide the cradle with healthy babies for his vocation.

To worship. To satisfy. To deliver. That is their meaningful task.

But King Rome is more monster than man. As the heir to a genetically enhanced race, he was created to survive and rule in this harsh new world. Through fear. Through intimidation. Rome has a heart as black as the wings of his giant pet eagle, and a single obsession—to rule.

This will continue until one day Aster places her small human hand in his…

Now she controls his thoughts…

But the proverb states that love is not a virtue, but a weakness. Nothing could be more dangerous for the regime than a ruthless king being obsessed with an ordinary girl, one who was born to be a silk maiden.