BETROTHED TO ICE, FATED TO FIRE
“Stacy…you have to believe me…this was just a one-night thing. You wouldn’t give yourself to me, and I needed… something. It meant nothing, Ana.” His words—they sent shivers down my spine. Shivers of pain, like an arrow, were piercing into my heart. Deep and deep until it was all in.
“Y…” 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 mark…everything feels real.
Until the next day.
Because the stranger is one of two identical twins…cursed heir of the Dragon Rider Pack.
And she’s betrothed to the cold one.
Now bound by blood, politics, and secrets, Anastasia must choose between obeying her father’s 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.
Baca
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. "We’ll 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, “They are already inside. Be calm and take things easy.”I sighed and whispered back. “But I can still tell Father that I have found my mate?” I asked her, my eyes averting in her direction, and she sighed.“You 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.”The thought of what Riley said sank hard into my soul—the 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 I’d be marrying someone from the Dragon Rider Pack. Someone chosen. Someone I didn’t know. There had been no name. No face. Just
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Chapter: Chapter 02: Heat Night MistakeAnastasia:Skybound Pack “Princess, please smile a little bit. Your father is watching you, and he c…“Can cause a scene? He owns the party, remember.” 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. “Don't do that now, Riley.” 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 hadn’t slept. Not really. My body had lain in bed, yes, but my mind had replayed Soren’s betrayal over and over. The words. His face. The way he said I’d 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.“Ana,” my father said, placing his cutlery down with a practiced grace. “Now that you're of age, we can no longer
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