[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
~ DAVID ~
"No… No!"
Stark reluctantly stepped back as the guards stepped forward to take her—and not gently. My stomach clenched so hard I thought I might vomit when one of them grabbed her by the arm that had already been injured.
I could barely breathe at the confusion and fear on her face. I stared at her, sneering, teeth bared, praying she'd see beyond the mask. Trust me.
She'd done exactly the right thing—but she had no clue why. None.
She thought she'd sent me out of this world. But it was Erik who she'd saved.
I was still sick when I thought about that, the implications of what it meant for me, cracking the very foundations of my life.
And the fact that Stark was unsurprised…
My heart swung wildly between fierce gratitude to my wife because I knew she thought she'd been saving me from a forced marriage. She hadn't known… hadn't known that we had a plan.