Katie_Hale
Across a decade of letters, a desert princess and a forest prince build a love meant to unite empires.
Instead, it destroys them.
Nefertari of Nirath and Evander of Alesia begin as children trading secrets across the sands - two heirs dreaming of peace in a world carved by borders. Their letters grow into a bond fierce enough to defy distance, duty, and the crowns waiting on their shoulders.
But when Evander's father is murdered, everything changes.
Silence replaces affection. Rumors replace hope. And the boy Nefertari once loved rises as a king forged in grief - a king who answers betrayal with fire.
As Evander's armies sweep across the continent, Nefertari writes to him year after year, her words shifting from longing to heartbreak to desperate pleas for mercy. She mourns her brothers, clings to the necklace he gave her at thirteen, and watches her empire crumble inch by inch under the weight of his vengeance.
When Nirath's gates finally fall, Nefertari sends one last letter - a confession of truth, a plea for her people, and a farewell to the boy she once called Ib, her heart.
Evander's reply offers mercy for her kingdom...
but exile for her.
Sent in Love, Kept in Wrath is a story of two souls bound by affection and torn apart by war - a tale of letters that outlived empires, and a love that survived even as the world around them burned.