Aldrea is the only girl in history who has trained her whole life to be deemed The Lady of the summer court. If she does not deem the title of The Lady she will be suited off and be doomed to a life with no decisions and emptiness, Today is the deciding day of the title but, her brother Tamlin is given the title instead, later that night Aldrea finds Tamlin's door open then finds him with a dagger in his chest and he dies. But he leaves a note saying that Aldrea is to be given the title instead of her other brothers Mao, Locke, Adken, and Durin. With her brothers angry and jealous find a loop hole that she must marry before four years time, Aldrea must Fulfill her Tamlin's wishes and fill his title or be doomed to a life of being married off to another court to benefit her own.
A maiden must marry into nobility to uphold honour in her family's name. However, when her soon-to-be husband is burned alive by a fiery creature, she realizes there's more to life than just suitors and balls.
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As a woman, Alyria Willows is expected to cast aside her pursuit of independence to fulfil her duties as an acquiescent housewife; all for the sake of one's honour not even her own.
However, the veil isn't as pellucid as Alyria thinks when a devastating upheaval leaves her grasping for answers. It's only after surviving a terrifying experience that she discovers more than blood flows through her veins.
But that'll be the least of her concerns when a creature neither man nor dragon stalks her from the shadows. His gaze pierces like iron. His power radiates like lava. But even a man of his strength cannot hinder the threat that seeks to destroy.
A ballet of starlight foretells a restless war. Lies will be unearthed, truths will be muddled, and victories will come at a steep price. But not everything is as it seems. After all, how can she trust a man of fire and ore when he may be the embodiment of evil itself?
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WARNING: crude language, depictions of violence and gore, mature content. A few scenes will be offensive and WILL trigger some audiences. READ AT YOUR DISCRETION.
Previously known as Destined to the Dragon.
(Written in British English, set in the 1800s)
Beauitful cover by @lavendareyes