Benevolent Betrothal
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Last published Mon, Jun 30, 2025
For years princess Isolde of Velithra has known her fate.
Since the dawn of time the realm of Velithra and its fae have been at the center of peace and stability amongst its seven realms. The reason? The Comórtas Ceangail or "binding tournament" where suitors of all seven realms compete for the hand of the second born royal of house Elyria of Velithra. While others are freely able to chose their lovers and mates, those who participate in the Comórtas Ceangail are chosen as young children when the second born is decreed and bound to surrender their bond until after the tournament ends and a victor is signaled. The royal? Protector of the realm with their magic while their bond is suppressed, forced to watch the tournament ensue as their bond chosen by the beings above fights their rivals to surrender or death.
Bound by the tournament, Isolde waits until her 2100th year where her tournament arises. With old and new enemies arising, choices to be made, and new powers to unfold, is all truly fair in love and war?
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Being next in line for the throne means duty and responsibility. Unfortunately for their kingdoms, the three hybrid children of the Sky and Land realms, want nothing to do with it. Some say they were born with it in their DNA. While others think they should have never been in line for the thrones at all. Princess Eleonora is a feisty, free-spirited royal. She wants nothing to do with what's expected of her and that includes getting engaged to a royal from the Sky Realm. Expected to be the first of three to do so, she adamantly believes it will be the worst day of her life and she'll spend the rest of her days completely miserable. That is until she meets a royal just as feisty as herself in her courtyard. She soon realizes that what she's been fighting against for so long may just be what she ends up fighting for. Prince Aplomado and Prince Grey couldn't be any more different although they had shared a womb together. One tempered and well-mannered, enjoying his days taming wild beasts. While the other, full of attitude and snark, spending his evenings rolling around with creatures in the sheets. Even though the two are twins they have nothing in common. At least they think they don't. When Grey goes looking to confide in his twin brother after making a huge mistake, he stumbles in on something he shouldn't have. After realizing they're more alike than they are different, each of them deliberate if they truly want to sit on their respective thrones. Will they even be able to after the crimes they've both committed? ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ ✫ ✬ This is a work of fiction. This all comes from inside of my mind. If there are any similarities to people, places, events, etc. they are purely coincidental. ©2020 | AndiBlackbird
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