Aamae | To Crowns and Dreams | Book #1

It's been twelve years since Aamae Le Rosa's father overthrew the long-reigning Kagwaa family and began his rule over Alkreva. Under his rule, his word is law, and no one, not even his own children, are safe from his wrath. And until three years ago, no one dared to stand up to him.
Three years ago sparked the beginning of a rebellion within Alkreva, and Princess Aamae was the first victim-having been betrayed by the one person she believed would keep her safe no matter what, and since then, the country's once-beloved princess has barely left the castle, now an empty shell of what she used to be. Barely speaking and finding comfort in books instead of people, Aamae lives her days within the castle in fear-fear of her father, fear of the outside, fear of everything. Then to make matters worse, her father announces her engagement to a man she has never met the day after her eighteenth birthday in a move that everyone knows was purely political.
Lord Mekhi Evernot was everything a girl would dream of having-sweet, caring, patient. Aamae knew, in another life, she would have been ecstatic to marry such a man. But the Aamae now is broken, and with a rebellion threatening her position as the country's princess and unresolved demons from the event that started it all lingering in her mind, a wedding is the last thing she needs. But, as always, nothing is her choice.
Step into the country of Alkreva, where war looms over the horizon and a princess wants nothing more than to go back in time.

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The first book in the To Crowns and Dreams series, where the line between good and evil isn't quite clear and loyalty is a fickle thing.

DISCLAIMER: This is a rough first draft that was never read through and most likely filled with spelling errors and plot holes. If you find anything, please point it out kindly. :)