Katara is captured during a Fire Nation raid. When her identity as a chief's daughter marks her out as a valuable hostage, she is taken under the protection of Prince Zuko, her safety and wellbeing dependent on her people's cooperation. Passions rage between her and her supposed protector and they are caught up in a plot to unite their warring countries.

𝒁𝒖𝒌𝒐'𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓?

Skylar pledged her life to protect her homeland, but she didn't expect that she would have to resort to marrying the king's brother and using her wits instead of a sword. ***** Skylar is not a typical noble lady. Captain to her own company, she feels more at home with a sword in hand than in the ballroom. Her whole life gets turned upside down when she is forced to marry Lord General Gawyn Gryphonheart for the alliance. The vicious political machinations will be the least of her problems because a far darker threat is looming in the east. Skylar, with her fighting experience, might be the only one who sees it coming. If only her husband trusted her enough to heed her advice. Can she fulfil her role as a graceful and obedient wife at the royal court and convince the noble families to unite against the monsters believed to be merely a legend? (Book One of Till Death Do Us Part series) [[The Wattys 2021 Award winner in the Fantasy category]] [[Word count: 70 000 - 75 000]] Content warning: This story contains violence, bloodshed and occasional crude language.