The Bride of Ash & Crown
With her brother succumbing to a deadly plague, Aarya makes an impossible choice: trade her freedom for a chance at his survival. She offers herself as tribute to the crown,....
With her brother succumbing to a deadly plague, Aarya makes an impossible choice: trade her freedom for a chance at his survival. She offers herself as tribute to the crown, a desperate bargain for the life-saving medicine only the royals possess. But as the heavy carriage door slams shut, sealing her fate, Aarya realizes her sacrifice might be for nothing. She's now bound for a life she never imagined, leaving behind everything she knows on the slim hope that an old man's promise will save her brother. In a world where life is a commodity and power dictates survival, can one woman's desperate gamble truly change her destiny?