BETROTHED TO ICE, FATED TO FIRE
āStacyā¦you have to believe meā¦this was just a one-night thing. You wouldnāt give yourself to me, and I neededā¦ something. It meant nothing, Ana.ā His wordsāthey sent shivers down my spine. Shivers of pain, like an arrow, were piercing into my heart. Deep and deep until it was all in.
āYā¦ā Words were caught in my head, and even when I had prepared it in my mind, it still came out silently.
Born as the daughter of the Skybound Alpha King, Anastasia Zyaire was born to rule, trained with Luna etiquette, duty, and expectations , but not love. Raised by her parents who saw her as a bargaining chip instead of a daughter. At 21, still unmated, she's summoned to a grand family dinner, only to be told she's to marry a stranger from a rival pack in two weeks.
She already gave her heart away. But when she runs to the only man who she thought would save her, she walks in on his betrayal.
Broken and drunk at the full moon Fiesta, Anastasia finds herself ranting on a balcony, and falling into the arms of a mysterious stranger whose scent she can't even place. The heat, the touch, the markā¦everything feels real.
Until the next day.
Because the stranger is one of two identical twinsā¦cursed heir of the Dragon Rider Pack.
And sheās betrothed to the cold one.
Now bound by blood, politics, and secrets, Anastasia must choose between obeying her fatherās command or chasing the bond that threatens to destroy everything.
One wears the crown.
The other marked her soul.
And her heart was never meant to survive either.
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Chapter: Chapter 04: Unconscious Anastasia:Skybound Pack Two weeks.Fourteen days of silence. Of numbness. Of pretending not to feel the ache in my chest. Soren had come into the palace to cause a rift. Shouting and screaming even after he cheated on me. The guts and the nerves. To even think I stoop so low to someone like him is very disgusting. Every morning began the same. Riley would wake me. The maids would pull at my hair, paint my face, and lace my body into silks that felt more like shackles than clothes. I was trained and perfected. Taught to bow lower, smile softer, and speak only when spoken to.I was being carved into a Luna I no longer believed in.Leigh returned three days before the wedding. She came running, face pale with disbelief, throwing her arms around me as if she could glue me back together, cursing Soren for being a bastard. Typically Leigh."I'll talk to them," she had said. "Weāll find another way."Now, standing in front of the ceremonial mirror, I hardly recognized the girl staring
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Chapter: Chapter 03: You're Mine Anastasia:SkyboundThe massive throne room stretched ahead, its twin golden doors yawning open as I headed inside. Riley's voice echoed softly behind me, āThey are already inside. Be calm and take things easy.āI sighed and whispered back. āBut I can still tell Father that I have found my mate?ā I asked her, my eyes averting in her direction, and she sighed.āYou have found your mate, my princess. But do you know where he stays? Do you know who he is? To him, it can be a fling.āThe thought of what Riley said sank hard into my soulāthe thought that it might be true that he didn't care and could even call it a fling. I had given out my dignity to a total stranger. How come? Perhaps because he was my mate.I nodded once and stepped forward. Every inch of my gown felt heavier. It was an expectation. It was a sacrifice.The betrothal announcement.He told me Iād be marrying someone from the Dragon Rider Pack. Someone chosen. Someone I didnāt know. There had been no name. No face. Just
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Chapter: Chapter 02: Heat Night MistakeAnastasia:Skybound Pack āPrincess, please smile a little bit. Your father is watching you, and he cā¦āCan cause a scene? He owns the party, remember.ā I snorted, and she inhaled before giving me one of her puppy eyes. She knew me too well and definitely knows how to get my attention with those puppy eyes. āDon't do that now, Riley.ā I shrugged, practicing one of my fake smiles, and when she was gone, I rolled my eyes. I stood at the edge of the ballroom, a silver goblet of wine held tightly in my hand as nobles and Alphas from every allied pack danced under the grand chandelier. The full Moon Fiesta Reunion, meant to unify and to celebrate harmony, felt more like a masquerade of deceit and politics. And I was drowning in it.Another sip. Bitter. But not enough to drown the ache still lodged in my chest. I hadnāt slept. Not really. My body had lain in bed, yes, but my mind had replayed Sorenās betrayal over and over. The words. His face. The way he said Iād make a good slave. Th
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Chapter: Chapter 01: Just One HeartAnastasia:Skybound Pack.The cutlery clicked.That was the only sound I could focus on, the soft, refined scrape of my father's steak knife against the royalty plate, methodical and sure, like everything he ever did. My gaze flicked to the light directing at us from the outside, and an exhausted sigh escaped from my lips. Goddess, I am tired of this suspension. I sat perfectly poised, as expected. Back straight. Chin lifted. Hands folded on top of a linen napkin in my lap. Not because I wanted to, but because I was taught to. Trained to. Conditioned like a perfect Luna-in-waiting. Everything about this dinner reeked of funeral. Of something about to drop. Even Riley, my nanny since birth, hovered a little too close behind me, unusually tense. Since when? Since when have we ever sat down like this to eat as a family?And then it came. Something I was expecting, anyway.āAna,ā my father said, placing his cutlery down with a practiced grace. āNow that you're of age, we can no longer
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