The Pain

Aelin Payne is a fae warrior who's feared by the whole of Allyria. Anyone who so much as talks bad about her homeland, Arkasia, finds themselves begging for mercy, if not dead, within the hour. And that makes her and her people extremely powerful, and extremely dangerous, especially since she, along with her large army of loyal soldiers, are the first thing you see the moment you step onto her lands. Not to mention she has a certain...reputation. "Cold hearted witch", "Stone cold bitch" and her personal favourite, "Spawn of the Dark God himself" are only some of the names she's labelled with, but then again, none of that has ever bothered her, for what could cause a person to lose a war faster than they can start one than unnecessary feelings of hurt and weakness?

But behind the borders of her kingdom, when war is not looming over her people, there are the rare moments where she can be seen smiling, freely, there have also been rare moments where she's laughed and celebrated with her people.

But those moments seem so far away. Because there is a new dangerous threat to her homeland, and Aelin has no idea where it's coming from. Not to mention there are 5 strangers at her borders asking for an alliance and speaking about an enemy long thought dead.

But what happens when these strangers aren't telling the entire truth? And end up selling her people, and her heart? Can she fight this enemy and figure out these strangers in time, or will she trade her soul to the dark god in exchange for her people's survival? And what happens when her dark past begins to unravel at the feet of these strangers?

Trouble, that's what.

*Just a note for anyone, and I don't know if anyone even does, I'm taking some chapters down to rewrite since I feel like its all over the place, and then I'll continue to update, sorry about the long a$$ wait, Senior year is hectic but I'm back now :)