Semua Bab BETROTHED TO ICE, FATED TO FIRE: Bab 1 - Bab 4

Anastasia: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

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