Rings of Fate (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Fake Engagement, Grumpy Sunshine Fantasy Romance (Curses and Crowns, 1)

“I am…His Royal Highness, Dietan Cornwallis Arthur William Maximillian Conrad Barclay-Bruce Armandale-Macrae, Crown Prince of Loegria and heir presumptive to Alarice. I have as many names as jewels on my epaulets. I am their future lord and liege…And above all, [I’m] a liar…a skilled, convincing liar who has concealed the secret of the Rings from everyone…for a decade…As the heir to both kingdoms, my duty is clear: wed an Alarician girl, fulfill the terms of the treaty, and unite our lands in common defense.” “The Rings of Fate were crafted in secret by the Oracle of Alba to contain the power of the wind spirits, the Anemoi, to defeat Lord Boreas. Otherwise Albion would have fallen to the evils of the Unseen Death and the Kilandrar —both born of perverted magic at Boreas’ hand. But this dark magic is back. It is in the very air we breathe. Only the bearer of the Rings can defeat it.” “If the Usurper has supposedly reanimated the Kilandrar and is amassing an army of foul creatures…and my father marches into battle without the Rings of Fate, he and the army won’t survive. Loegria will fall. And if Loegria falls, so will Alarice. I’m alone in this, and I can’t save both kingdoms by myself.” “He’s the prince of Loegria, the liberator of Engel, the savior of Estyrion. And he’s on his knees in front of everyone…at the feet of a backcountry barmaid…mixed up in dangerous magic and royal secrets…This is why we’re here: to remove the Rings, to change the course of the war, to return to Loegria and save everyone in Albion.” “Ideas can turn into hope, and hope is more powerful than even the Whisting. Tyranny has no chance against ideas…The truth is like a struck match in the darkness. It changes everything…in lumine Tuo videbimus lumen—in thy light shall we see light. Thank you for lighting the way.”

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