# Shattered Minds: The Monster Shrink

Author: Aria Blackwood
Site: ReadNovelHub
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Genre: Western-Fantasy-Magic

## World
You are the only healer a monster king cannot afford to lose.

## Tropes
- Found Family
- Forced Proximity
- Dark Romance
- Deadly Attraction
- Forced Alliance
- Possessive Protector
- Gilded Prison
- Romance Fantasy
- Portal Fantasy
- Isekai
- Dark Fantasy
- Psychological Fantasy

## FAQ
### What is Shattered Minds: The Monster Shrink about?
You are the only healer a monster king cannot afford to lose.

### Who is the author of Shattered Minds: The Monster Shrink?
Shattered Minds: The Monster Shrink is written by Aria Blackwood. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is Shattered Minds: The Monster Shrink a Found Family story?
Yes. Shattered Minds: The Monster Shrink is tagged for Found Family, Forced Proximity, Dark Romance readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

### Can I read Shattered Minds: The Monster Shrink Chapter 1 for free?
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### What happens at the start of Shattered Minds: The Monster Shrink?
"Stop screaming or I'll rip your tongue out and feed it to the hounds." It wasn't a man. Not anymore. It was a mountain of grey, scarred muscle and obsidian scales. Eyes like dying stars. A jaw that could snap a redwood.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### Therapy in Hell

"Stop screaming or I'll rip your tongue out and feed it to the hounds." It wasn't a man. Not anymore. It was a mountain of grey, scarred muscle and obsidian scales. Eyes like dying stars. A jaw that could snap a redwood. It had me pinned against a wall of weeping stone. Claws dug into my shoulders, shredding my cheap linen shirt. I couldn't even scream—a forearm the size of my thigh was crushing my lungs into my spine. "You're... not... angry," I wheezed. The words felt like sandpaper in my throat. "You're... terrified." The monster froze. The pressure didn't let up, but the murderous heat in those eyes flickered. "What did you say, little meat?" "The shaking," I gasped. I looked down at the clawed hand pinning me. It was trembling. Not rage. A rhythmic, jagged tremor. "You're not trying to kill me. You're trying to stop the noise in your head. The guilt. It's loud, isn't it?" Silence hit the dungeon harder than the grip. Then, it roared—a sound that rattled my teeth and cracked the ceiling—and slammed me back into the stone. "I am a Lord of the Eternal Night!" it bellowed, spittle flying into my face. "I have burned cities! I have flayed kings! I do not feel... noise!" "Bullshit," I spat. A rib groaned. "You've got a classic case of acute PTSD layered over a dissociative break. You're not a Lord right now. You're a frightened kid hiding behind a wall of scales. Who did you fail? Who did you let die?" The grip tightened. Pupils dilated. The rage was still there, but something raw and ugly was winning. It leaned in. Breath smelling of sulfur and old copper. "Shut up," it rasped. "Shut up or I'll eat your heart." "Go ahead," I challenged. My voice shook, but I didn't blink. "Kill the only person in this godforsaken realm who knows why you can't sleep. Who was she? The one

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