RuleSev3n
BLACK SWAN
Truth in word. Loyalty in Deed.
Change is terrifying.
In their kingdom, noble daughters are expected to marry at fifteen. Their futures are decided for them, their husbands chosen according to status, family, and duty rather than love.
But the mother of Sophilia and Vinelisse refused to let her daughters be swept into marriage so young. She fought to give them two more years-to let them grow, mature, and understand the world before being forced to leave their childhood behind.
At seventeen, however, there is no more time to delay.
Sophilia has always dreamed of a fairytale. She believed marriage would mean love, devotion, and a husband who would cherish her. Instead, she is given to a man who feels nothing for her and has no desire to pretend otherwise. Now she must reconcile the beautiful future she imagined with the cold reality she has been given.
Vinelisse never wanted a fairytale at all. Independent, strong-willed, and fiercely protective of her freedom, marriage was the last thing she ever desired. Yet the husband chosen for her is everything she never expected-a man who genuinely loves her, cares for her, and perhaps cares a little too much. His affection, rather than comforting her, leaves her uncertain of how to respond to something she has never needed or wanted.
Two sisters.
Two marriages.
Two very different kinds of love.
As Sophilia learns to live without the love she always dreamed of, and Vinelisse struggles to accept the love she never asked for, both sisters are forced to confront something neither has ever truly experienced:
A life they did not choose.
And sometimes, the most terrifying thing isn't losing everything you know-
It's discovering who you are when everything changes.