[This is an original story, based on no fandoms. Please don't steal the idea of it, the characters, the cover, etc. Hope you enjoy :)]
This story starts around the mid 1600s. In this world, people live in different races. You can't choose where you belong, you're born into them. One race, is trying to be dominate. They call themselves "The Order of Fangs". They are human-like, but have traits of a snake. They're superior, and with that power, they want to kill all the Saski. The Saski is a race, which are human-likes, but have traits of a cat. Because of this, other races are afraid of the Order of Fangs too.
Mayu is a Saski. Loads of her kind are already killed by the Order of Fangs. Her friend Zyan, who is from the Order of Fangs, helped her hide since the genocide began. Not all snakes are like the Order, but they are rare. Zyan knows it's wrong, that's why he helped his friend. She was kept hidden in an old castle ruin, on top of a hill. One day, someone told the Order that there was a Saski in that ruin. Mayu had to flee, leaving Zyan behind.
Just when she's decided to leave the Town, Lady Cressida Belverst is forced to marry Lord Calan Haverston, the man who coincidentally knows a way out. Agreeing to marry for all the wrong reasons, can Cressida and Calan find out where their hearts truly belong?
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It is impossible to leave the Town, but one woman is determined to escape with the help of her betrothed.
Lady Cressida Belverst has always been judged as a walking scandal. Oh, how she tries (on some rare occasions) to be proper! When her parents arrange for her to marry a rich lord, Cressida has had enough. She has to leave the Town because she will not be forced to live with a man she doesn't love. But what happens if the very man she's betrothed to is the only one who can help her get out?
Calan Haverston, the Lord of Easton, takes the risk and helps his betrothed by using his knowledge of the Town's secrets because he is as willing as she to stay free of marriage for reasons completely different. He has dark secrets he cannot share with her, and his life is not one he can likewise open to anyone. But what happens when she leaves after awakening desires he thought he has under control? And what happens when he finds himself longing for her?
Cressida goes to a completely different place, one she has only heard in stories and read in books, with hopes of finding what her heart has always longed for. But love, mystery and secrets will chase her and it will only be a matter of time before she realizes what her heart truly desires.
*This story is a standalone title in the Haverston Family series.