Shadow Veil
Aoibh Wood
Remember the old faerie tales, the real ones? Where Dark Faeries stole children, cursed kingdoms, and reshaped lives. Yeah, they weren't stories.
Cait Reagan fled Earth not out of cowardice, but out of love. Half-mad with wild fae magic and terrified she’d hurt the people she cared about most, she ran to Shaddan—the ancestral home of the Dark Faerie. There, broken on the brink of death, she was taken in by the ancient guardians of the Vermillion Palace and slept like a gothic Snow White for eight months.
But Mother Morrigan isn’t done with her… not yet.
Cait wakes blind, transformed, and—much to her horror—crowned the sole Faerie princess of a blood-soaked legacy. She inherits no real power, a crumbling court riddled with ancient grudges, and more enemies than she can count. Worse, the magic remaking her is neither quiet nor kind. Something dark is settling into her bones: new instincts she doesn’t recognize, impulses she should hate… but doesn’t, and a pull toward power that feels like ecstasy.
Before Cait can even find her footing, she’s maneuvered into a political betrothal with the exiled and dangerously charming Princess of the Night Court. And Liz, her vampire fiancée from Earth? Well, she’s on her way.
Caught between two worlds, two promises, and a crown she never wanted, Cait must survive lethal Dark Fae politics and hold on to herself long enough to choose what she becomes.
Even if it leads her to war. Even if it kills her. Again.
Duration - 9h 48m.
Author - Aoibh Wood.
Narrator - Abby Craden.
Published Date - Saturday, 03 January 2026.
Copyright - © 2026 Aoibh Wood ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Aoibh Wood
Abby Craden
Boston Preternatural Investigations
Carson Press LLC
English Audiobooks
INAudio Audiobooks
Description:
Remember the old faerie tales, the real ones? Where Dark Faeries stole children, cursed kingdoms, and reshaped lives. Yeah, they weren't stories. Cait Reagan fled Earth not out of cowardice, but out of love. Half-mad with wild fae magic and terrified she’d hurt the people she cared about most, she ran to Shaddan—the ancestral home of the Dark Faerie. There, broken on the brink of death, she was taken in by the ancient guardians of the Vermillion Palace and slept like a gothic Snow White for eight months. But Mother Morrigan isn’t done with her… not yet. Cait wakes blind, transformed, and—much to her horror—crowned the sole Faerie princess of a blood-soaked legacy. She inherits no real power, a crumbling court riddled with ancient grudges, and more enemies than she can count. Worse, the magic remaking her is neither quiet nor kind. Something dark is settling into her bones: new instincts she doesn’t recognize, impulses she should hate… but doesn’t, and a pull toward power that feels like ecstasy. Before Cait can even find her footing, she’s maneuvered into a political betrothal with the exiled and dangerously charming Princess of the Night Court. And Liz, her vampire fiancée from Earth? Well, she’s on her way. Caught between two worlds, two promises, and a crown she never wanted, Cait must survive lethal Dark Fae politics and hold on to herself long enough to choose what she becomes. Even if it leads her to war. Even if it kills her. Again. Duration - 9h 48m. Author - Aoibh Wood. Narrator - Abby Craden. Published Date - Saturday, 03 January 2026. Copyright - © 2026 Aoibh Wood ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:27
Chapter One - The Fall
Duration:00:07:54
Chapter Two - What's Left of Me
Duration:00:15:03
Chapter Three - The Weight of the Veil
Duration:00:16:45
hapter Four - Definitely, Absolutely, Still Me
Duration:00:14:17
Chapter Five - Bones, Flight, and Other Bad Decisions
Duration:00:13:50
Chapter Six - The Night Queen's Daughter
Duration:00:20:39
Chapter Seven - The Crown and the Cage
Duration:00:12:17
Chapter Eight - House Arrest Is a Suggestion
Duration:00:17:14
Chapter Nine - A Crown by Any Other Name
Duration:00:32:21
Chapter Ten - The Night Queen's Proposal
Duration:00:14:31
Chapter Eleven - At Least I'm Still Wearing My Blindfold
Duration:00:12:51
Chapter Twelve - All Hail the Reluctant Disaster
Duration:00:11:15
Chapter Thirteen - You've Made Your Bed, Cait (and Slept in It with Two People)
Duration:00:12:35
Chapter Fourteen - Because I Thought You Were Worth Saving
Duration:00:16:10
Chapter Fifteen - The Woman in the Thorn Dress
Duration:00:18:02
Chapter Sixteen - Just a Taste
Duration:00:17:12
Chapter Seventeen - What Makes a Fae Soul
Duration:00:07:50
Chapter Eighteen - What We Keep, We Change
Duration:00:12:53
Chapter Nineteen - Invitation Extended, Consequences Pending
Duration:00:13:14
Chapter Twenty - What the Flowers Know
Duration:00:16:59
Chapter Twenty-One - Not Innocent Anymore
Duration:00:21:01
Chapter Twenty-Two - Drops of... blood?
Duration:00:10:50
Chapter Twenty-Three - Threadcalled
Duration:00:04:49
Chapter Twenty-Four - Ashes, Feathers, Bone, & Fire
Duration:00:12:06
Chapter Twenty-Five - My Court. My Rules. Your Funeral.
Duration:00:13:51
Chapter Twenty-Six - What a Crown Costs
Duration:00:16:51
Chapter Twenty-Seven - Pretending
Duration:00:11:14
Chapter Twenty-Eight - All of the Above, Actually
Duration:00:18:45
Chapter Twenty-Nine - Where War Wears Heels
Duration:00:16:48
Chapter Thirty - We're All Wearing Knives Tonight
Duration:00:15:41
Chapter Thirty-One - The Night Cait Reagan Truly Died
Duration:00:15:38
Chapter Thirty-Two - The Sable Choir
Duration:00:13:07
Chapter Thirty-Three - The Second Attempt
Duration:00:05:34
Chapter Thirty-Four - Not Her
Duration:00:15:30
Chapter Thirty-Five - Goddesses Design. Mothers Choose
Duration:00:08:58
Chapter Thirty-Six - Whatever it Costs
Duration:00:13:45
Chapter Thirty-Seven - A Pantomime of Glory
Duration:00:13:58
Chapter Thirty-Eight - A Tug of War
Duration:00:15:34
Chapter Thirty-Nine - Just Exhale and Step
Duration:00:10:30
Chapter Forty - Her Ring
Duration:00:14:14
Chapter Forty-One - Leah's Blooming
Duration:00:07:16
Epilogue
Duration:00:07:12
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:43