As the daughter of poor, lowly farmers with barely a penny to their names, Lilja Blom would never interact with the rich and famous, the proud and the royal. So, when she comes upon the body of a richly clothed, albeit dirty and bloodied, unconscious man in the forest, she knew her fate would be forever changed.
The instant that Elthorane saw Lilja, he knew she was his. So, for the first years of her life, he looked after her, and always made she and her family had enough to survive without making them suspicious. However, just after her 10th summer, he was kidnapped by the royal guards of the human realm and tortured for information on the location of the others of his kind. And after 9 years, he was able to escape with no information given on his part. When he again sees his Lilja again, and this time as a beautiful young woman, his urges to claim her increase tenfold.
But with the Kingdom of Kenair on their heels and the safety of an entire race hanging in the balance, they must learn to love quickly, or loose each other, and an entire race with them.
{Every chapter will be unedited. I will re-edit everything when I have the time.}
Lilja (Pronounced Lily-ya)
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
*****
Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
[[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]