"I fully expected you to say that I was the sort of Prince whose story would involve going into cahoots with the dragon, rather than slaying it."
Iolas smiled, but their was a level of seriousness to his statement.
"That is where you are wrong, dear prince."
Adelaide began,
"In our story you are the dragon."
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As villianous as he was handsome, dastardly Prince Iolas would have gotten away with his plan to marry Adelaide, a naive young princess, kill her King brother, and then take over the far away kingdom of Aelford; and indeed he would have, that is if it weren't for the meddling of one particular love sick stable boy.
Caught like tiger in a net, he was banished back to his home island kingdom, and locked deep below his own castle dungeons to be forgotten by his father, siblings and kingdom.
But when war breaks out in Aelford, and a call rings out accross the seas for aide, The King of the Isles offers his son one singular chance to redeem himself.
Can this villain rescue the kingdom he once sought to conquer? Save the damsel in distress, and unwillingly his soul in the process, that is if she doesnt kill him first? Or will he keep to his own dark and insidious ways?
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(Formally A Thorn In The Ice)
**From the Author Of "Bedding Camp"
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Li Xiang is the Priestess of the Moon, she can see read the stars and fortune as well as misfortune to her people. However, the life of a Priestess consists of nothing but loneliness: she can neither leave the palace nor meet with anyone but the Emperor and his advisors.
One day a mysterious servant boy named Rui sneaks into her room, daring her to go outside if he wins against her in a game. Upon meeting him, she also befriends a female warrior and a scholar, and realizes life is much more than the palace. When the day comes she can either choose to go down the road her heart truly desires but bring ruin to the kingdom, or ignore the one chance she will ever have to leave this life?
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"My fate has been decided for me."
"There's no such thing as that," he said. "We all make our own fate."
"But the stars tell me--" I stopped talking when he holds my face in his hands, warm hands cupping my cheeks, brown eyes looking into my eyes.
"Then stop looking at the stars. Look at me."
A love story about fate, finding one's identity, stepping out of your comfort zone, and, most of all, choosing between your happiness or the happiness of others...
[[Word Count: 80,000-90,000]]
Wattys Fantasy Winner 2021