She was the quiet one. The sweet one. The girl they never meant to break. Once upon a time, she belonged to both of them - Katherine, with her games and her cruelty disguised as love. Klaus, with his promises, his power, and the way he never let her go. They both loved her in their own twisted ways. The girl caught between the two most dangerous hearts she's ever known. Now they're all back in Mystic Falls. And so is she. Old wounds don't heal easily. Especially when the monsters who made them are still watching. Always, Ellie

One moment, Thea Rivers was living her postgrad life in Washington, DC. The next, she was standing in a palace that shouldn't exist - mistaken for one of the many elite women competing for a cold, impossibly powerful prince. She doesn't belong here. But he wants her anyway. The Designation is brutal. Cutthroat. Magical. And Thea is already breaking every rule - especially his. But the deeper she falls into this dangerous world, the more she begins to change. Something is waking up inside her. Something that scares even him. A dark, addictive romance full of power, obsession, and a girl who was never meant to survive the palace, let alone rule it.

The rich don't find soulmates. They buy them. But no one ever expected her. Emily Greene wasn't supposed to exist - not in their world, not in the sky, and definitely not tethered to them. She was just a girl from the ground. Until the tether pulled her into their orbit. And now... they'll never let her go. Some soulmates are destined. Others are owned. In the clouds, love is power. And power demands obedience.