A JESTER'S CROWN | ONE
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This tells the tale of a girl born of a flame.
With gold in her teeth and a smile full of murder, destined to be Queen.
This tells the tale of a boy born of ice.
With a smile made of sunshine and a head covered in frost, destined to smother the flame and become King.
This is the tale of the shadows' arrival after years of damnation, returning from the darkness to reclaim what was once theirs.
This is the story of how the shadows will rise as an army for a war waged by their mistress, in her vengeance and grief.
This tale is of ice and flame, elements once tethered and whole, now broken and torn apart.
This is the dance between frost and fire where they destroy and heal each other.
Love and hate one another.
And one where they rule over a blood-soaked world, together.
Banding House with House
And enemy with enemy
To fight a war, they have no hope to win.
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[COMPLETED] She can save them all. Her people. Her kingdom. Her family. But only if she marries the king of the enemy. Hell breaks loose when ππππππ πππππππππ, princess and heir to the throne, is forced to marry the king of her enemies--a man she despises with her heart and soul. When her protests to the betrothal are rejected by her father, Imogen searches for other ways to cope with her newfound fate. Naive and a little reckless, she finds herself escaping the castle grounds to forget that her life has been signed away. Little does she know, she never has to leave the grounds to find the remedy she longs for. He's everything that a princess should avoid--a mischievous, dangerous thief with a sword. πππππ ππππππ runs from a life he once had. When his past catches up with him, he's offered a way to get back what he lost: sneak inside the castle. With the legend of his thieving reputation crossing the lands, he knows nobody will be able to catch him. No one but a sneaky princess equipped with a bow and arrow. Only in the night do the two come to life. Hearts yearn and emotions run wild, but can their love survive the turbulance of the kingdom's war and her unwanted betrothal?
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