Brinny and the Empty Seat

Brinny has spent her life quietly adapting to the presence of her stepfather, believing she had no connection to the dark narrative unfolding around her. In this world, a possessor who has taken over a character from a novel will stop at nothing—not even murder—to achieve their goals. Brinny assumed that story belonged to someone else until she was suddenly dragged into a dangerous incident involving Lucian, the sickly second prince. When crisis struck, she revealed her superhuman strength to rescue him. With the suspected possessor, Ariadna, bound and captured, Brinny felt certain the nightmare was finally over. Yet tragedy struck without warning. Her beloved older sister and the first prince perished in a carriage accident, and soon after, Lucian—now her fiancé—began exhibiting deeply unsettling behavior. A chilling realization took hold: the original possessor was never actually executed. If Ariadna is still alive and orchestrating events from the shadows, no one is safe. Driven by grief and resolve, Brinny makes a definitive choice. To reclaim the empty seats left behind by her murdered loved ones, she must wage war against the possessor hiding within their world.