[COMPLETE] When Zara walked in on her boyfriend sleeping with another woman, she cursed God for the lack of good men in this miserable, modern world. Then she woke up in a romantic land of honorable Knights and the Royal Court. There, Zara is stunned to find herself one of eighteen women called The Select, from which the handsome, powerful King will choose his bride. She finds the magnetic King compelling. But her dashing Knight Defender has declared his love—and vows to save her from certain death: Tradition requires every woman in the Select who is not the King’s chosen bride to be executed to cover her family’s shame. Yet, the King is also making his intention to win Zara clear. None of this would matter if it was just a dream. But Zara is soon forced to accept that this is no fantasy. Which means each man—and his love—is real. And this world is a deadly nightmare. As the tension between the two men grows, Zara must make a choice. But how can a woman choose between a powerful King and a deadly Knight? Especially when either would kill to keep her? Are you #TeamKing or #TeamKnight? COVER IMAGE: Copyright (c) 2023 Author AimeeLynn
If you like music while you read, try "A Storm is Coming" by Tommee Proffit and Liv Ash.
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~ ZARA ~
What a manipulative bitch. She had balls. I had to give her that.
She'd done it. She'd really done it. She'd used my story, changing pieces and characters, changing time frames, and turning the character that was supposed to be me into a whiny little bitch.
But she'd done it.
The main character's name was Lara. And of all the people in the story, only my character was recognizable physically.
I almost screamed a few times because she'd made Lara so wishy-washy, so timid one second, and so ballsy the next.
And she'd made me cruel.
Cruel to my friend who only wanted to help.
Cruel to my guard who was silently in love with me.
And cruel to my King, who exchanged barbs and petty arguments, then fucked me to punish me when I talked back.