When We Ruled The World

A group of royal rebels and villagers try to overcome the challenges that come with being forced into the public eye as punishment and offering by their families. Astra's older brother, the king of Jaidone sells her to her best friends's kingdom to be wed off to him in order to stop both kingdoms going to war with each other. The only issue is Callisto and Astra are both in love with different people. When a plan for happily ever goes astray, it leave Astra hands tied in front of her new kingdom as the reigning queen about to executed for killing the king.

CW: this story contains graphic depiction of possible execution styles, humans being sold for profit again, forced marriage, multiple characters fake their deaths, mentions and scenes of side character deaths, anxiety, depression, loss of ability to control emotions and lashes out on others, homophobia from the character Queen Nadia (though she never says anything specifically her actions are very much microagressions), betrayal from family member (sibling), character forced to leave home, implied sexual scenes/content but never super graphically talked about, magic overload.