*Fantasy Fated Romance* In a kingdom where soulmarks are cursed and secrecy is survival, Nyra Vale lives two lives. To the palace, she's a sharp-minded tactician with an ethereal beauty and a blade to match-perfectly placed within the Crown Guard. Behind closed doors, however, she's a noble-born heir hiding a dangerous truth: the firebird wreathed in thorns that is etched into her pale skin. A soulmark tied to an outlawed myth of lovers destined to bring down an empire. A mark that could bring her own demise should she be found out. When a rebel leader named Kael Thorne is dragged into the palace in chains, Nyra expects a prisoner. A task to distract herself from her ever impending doom. He does anything but. His arrival marks the first time since it was etched in her skin that her mark burns. Linked by fate, hunted by the crown, and haunted by a story they were never meant to live, Nyra and Kael must unravel the truth behind the ancient myth that binds them- before it repeats, with blood and fire. But can they twist fate's hand into writing their own ending? Or will the war that ignites within the palace walls be the end of everything? "The kingdom fears us- and maybe for good reason." You can also read this story on Royal Road's website!
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