Where Magic Leaves Scars

For readers drawn to morally complex characters, folkloric darkness, and fantasy where magic costs everything—and the scars prove it.

I'm A.E. Wells — a writer of YA mythic fantasy and dark fairytales shaped by moral cost, ancient magic, and shadowed wonder.

A Swan Dark

A girl stolen by ancient magic is slowly becoming a monster.

And time running out of time to stop it.

She was taken to become a weapon. She may become something worse.

Sixteen-year-old Morgan has no memory of the week she vanished as a child. When she’s pulled into a cursed kingdom, she learns her disappearance was no accident—and the magic that took her is already beginning to change her.

Trapped in deadly court politics and bound by magic to a disgraced warrior she cannot trust—and may not survive without him—Morgan is hunted by those who have waited years for her return, and must fight to hold onto herself before the magic erases her completely.

She may be the weapon that saves a kingdom—or the monster that destroys it.

And soon, she’ll have to choose which one she becomes.

A YA fantasy of stolen memories, impossible trust, and magic that demands everything.

For readers drawn to mythic fantasy, slow-burn romance, and stories where magic costs a terrible price.

Currently in edits.