A future part of LifeBent, a comic of mine (SPOILERS!).
A few days after they became matesprits, Pteska and Aerdre have never spent an hour apart and have always hung out. Their favorite thing to do to spend time together is fighting luabels and ailaminae. This time, they are once again in Vallis Tenebris. Both are confident that they'd defeat the many hordes of ailaminae, like they always have. However, a rare and very powerful ailamina appears and kills Pteska. Aerdre desperately tries to find Fivita and asks her to bring Pteska back to life. Fivita, being his opponent but still being a really nice troll, tells him that she will bring Pteska back on one condition; he must find the ailamina that had killed Pteska. Eithne, Aerdre's sister and one of Pteska's closest, Bejeté, Pteska's moirail, as well as Acanda, Bejeté's younger sister and Eithne's moirail, join Aerdre's quest to bring Pteska back to life. Fivita sends Nelgmi and Royai to help as well, being Pteska's closest as well. With all the pressure and the company placed on him, will Aerdre be able to bring his beloved matesprit back to life again? Or will all this get in his way and bring him to his doom?
Noor, a dancer in the Royal Court of the Al-Yauzhan Empire wants nothing more than to pay off her debts and lead a nice, simple life-but a chance encounter with the crown prince and his brother brings her into the dangerous world of court politics. As Noor and the princes investigate their uncle and cousin's possible treason, she grows closer to the crown prince, but in order to save the kingdom and the person she loves, Noor will have to risk everything...
A romantic adventure set in an imagined Arabic kingdom, THE DANCING GIRL is a story of court intrigues, romantic entanglements, and secret meetings as Noor and her best friend Amir try to help the princes they're falling for expose corrupt court officials with plans to seize the throne. Noor and Amir are close to having everything they've ever dreamed of...now all they need to do is survive.