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Their fate was written long before their hearts caught up.
Princess Anneliese Elowen Alexandra has been traveling to the neighboring kingdom of Tharne for as long as she can remember. Every summer. Every year. Always to see Prince Rowan Lucien Fredrick. What once felt like tradition slowly becomes something else-something warmer, deeper, and far more confusing. As the years pass, Anneliese begins to wonder... why her visits were never optional, and why they were always to him.
Rowan has always been there-quiet, steady, watching from the edges of her life. But what Anneliese doesn't know is that her future was decided long before she ever questioned it. What happens when the person you trust most has been keeping the truth from you? And what happens when love is tangled with duty, choice, and a secret sealed in childhood?
As war pulls Rowan away and time stretches painfully between them, letters become lifelines and memories become promises. When they are finally reunited, Anneliese must face a truth she never asked for: Was their love real... or was it always expected?
Caught between the weight of the crown and the pull of her own heart, Anneliese must decide-can forgiveness exist without honesty? Can love born of fate still be chosen freely? And when the past finally comes to light, will the future she was promised be the one she wants?
Set against glittering halls, hushed gardens, handwritten letters, and stolen moments by candlelight, Heirbound is a sweeping romantic fantasy about destiny, devotion, and the question that changes everything:
If your future was chosen for you... would you still choose love?