She Chose Her Over Every Man

Meadow is an ordinary elf who walks in on her wedding day to find her fiancé Tyler in bed with her twin sister Juniper. They have been lying to her for two years. Juniper does not flinch. She planned this from the beginning, and watching Meadow break was her only satisfaction. Someone else is watching too. Aralyn Silvercrown, the most unapproachable and powerful elf in the royal capital, fixes Meadow with sharp green eyes like a hunter locking onto prey.

That night, Aralyn summons her upstairs. She knows what Tyler and Juniper did—Tyler is her vassal, and his betrayal insulted her too. She offers Meadow revenge. The price is marriage. Meadow adds her own condition: take her virginity. She wakes the next morning wearing a silver vow ring, already bound. Aralyn reveals a bloodline curse—she cannot feel temperature or pain except through Meadow's skin. In the carriage to the high council, Aralyn tests that connection, making Meadow come before they even arrive, then walks away without a single kiss.

The contract is laid out: Meadow moves into Silvercrown Manor, takes Aralyn's name, and is protected. But protection comes with iron control. Aralyn promotes Tyler to personal attendant—the beginning of his suffering. Juniper lures Meadow back to Tyler's place with a message about her belongings. Tyler attempts to force himself on her. Aralyn arrives in time, carries her out, and explains her strategy: Tyler is now her personal guard, and she is saving the final blow. The higher they stand, the harder they fall. Later, Meadow asks about Juniper. Aralyn tells her she had Juniper's soul examined by the keeper of truth and locked her in the Forgotten Tower, the most terrifying prison in the elven capital, from which no elf has ever emerged alive.

Meadow wrestles with what she has signed up for. Safety, revenge, knowing her, touching her—but Aralyn might do anything to Juniper, and the way she looks at Meadow feels like ruin. Meadow needs her anyway......