The Stars Would Curse Us

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Iris were sent to us from the stars but their rule is controlling and oppressive. Every season we send our brothers and sisters to the marriage drafts . . . but the selected never return.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Aella</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>My world falls apart when my best friend and I are drafted to compete for the hand of Esterra's most eligible bachelor the devastatingly handsome Iris prince. As an elemental fae it should be the greatest honor but the competition is filled with violence. I question my true purpose as we fight to survive in games rigged against us. </span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Arianwen</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Life should be simple-go on my rite and return to marry a man I've never met-but when a handsome stranger falls from the sky everything is turned upside down. Secrets and lies unravel leading me to question everything as I find myself pulled into a rebellion. My heart longs for a better world but am I willing to forsake duty in pursuit of it? </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>We both face choices:</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Love or duty? </em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Loyalty or adventure?</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Fight or surrender? </em></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Is fate truly written in the stars or have they abandoned us?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>