Royal Pain

ROYAL PAIN — Book One of the Slitterverse Gorrath Scale Eater built a kingdom out of a forest that eats people. Ruled it for decades without sleeping, without blinking, without losing. Three sons. One throne. Zero patience for weakness. Guts is the heir — a warlord's fist in the shape of a son. He hits first and thinks later. The crown was always his. He just gotta survive long enough to take it. Gyra is the middle child — the strategist nobody respects. While his brothers charge in, he's already mapped the exits. His father sees a runt. His father is wrong. Gangar is the youngest — all charm, all smiles, sharp as a blade he don't let you see. Nobody takes him seriously. That's exactly how he wants it. Their father sends each of them out on missions designed to make them or break them. Maybe both. Maybe that's the point. This is a story about what power costs. What it takes to earn respect in a world that only understands force. And what happens when three brothers — loyal, jealous, and complicated — all start becoming something their father didn't plan for. Monsters ain't born. They're made. Royal Pain is the first book of the Slitterverse.