![]() ![]() Too bad for them, I'm not the docile type they're used to commanding. Then there's Rowan, the possessive and cruel Winter King, who offers to protect me from the assassins, but only if I accept his obnoxious courtship requests.Īnd finally, there's Night King Rydstrom, a dangerous and mysterious Fae with an ass that doesn't quit, who thinks he has every right to play me like a fiddle. Especially now that he wants me to prove my worth. Then he changes his mind and declares me his fated mate. Their untimely arrival is followed by three devastatingly hot Fae who stalk me.īaron, the pompous and dominating Summer King, thinks I'm a dark Fae and wants my head. ![]() It gets worse when someone sends a slew of monster assassins after me. When my parents mysteriously disappear, leaving me to raise my six crazy, younger siblings, my dreams for college are dashed. ![]()
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