"We can never be gods, after all - but we can become something less than human with frightening ease." N.K. Jemisin, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms In which Elysia Hawthorne was summoned to the small town of Forks, Washington, after the death of her father. With her arrival things begin to change, the weather sours. The air grows bitter, almost too thick to breathe, and the once lush forest wilts as rot infests its roots. Tensions grow as fate pushes it ways through the rot, tying Elysia and the shifters together, just as it did with Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. Only this time, the bond that is meant to bring them together... breaks.

In a realm torn by duty and honor, Gwayne Hightower and Maelena Targaryen find themselves unwillingly united. Bound by obligations and the weight of responsibility, they have no room for desire or personal longing. And yet, as time passes and their hearts begin to understand one another, they yearn not for good grace or power, but only for each other. ──── ✥ ✥ ✥ ──── ( OC x Gwayne Hightower )