When the village offers a pregnant witch to a dragon god, it is meant to be a death sentence—an old bargain paid in blood.
He should have killed her.
Instead, he keeps her.
What follows is not a love story. It is a descent into devotion, possession, and the kind of intimacy that does not ask to be given.
He reads her thoughts without permission.
He wants what she carries as much as he wants her.
And the more she resists him, the more the bond between them tightens into something that feels less like fate—and more like ownership. But Uksa is not gentle. Not passive. Not willing to be remade without consequence.
Rooted in Arctic folklore, blood ritual, and ancient northern myth, HOARD is dark, symbolic, and intimate. What happens when devotion and possession become impossible to tell apart?
This is not a cozy fantasy.
This is not a simple romance.
This is a story of shame, hunger, and the terrifying beauty of owning what you are when the world calls you a monster.
Written and narrated by Nat Strawn, co-creator of the award-winning paranormal podcast LET'S GET HAUNTED.
TW: Violence, S/A (never gratuitous), Body Horror, Captive dynamics, Reproductive Coercion Imagery, Postpartum Physical Trauma, Sexualization of a Nursing Mother, Power Imbalance.
*Please read with care*
