Archer has always known what is expected of him. He accepts to be betrothed
to a woman he doesn’t know, for the sake of the kingdom. An alliance
between the two kingdoms is needed in order to fight off the rebels. He
goes to great lengths to win the affection of his betrothed.

Adalia doesn't want to be an ornament. She wants to be a strong queen, who
joins her army in battles. But she is a princess. The only thing expected
of her is to be beautiful and reproduce one heir after another. Adalia goes
to Archer’s kingdom ready to accept her fate. But when she runs into Xander
her childhood crush, she commits to marrying him instead of the future King.

BRED FOR DUTY

"What is wrong with father?" A fresh faced Adalia budged in her parent's bedroom. She had heard that her father wasn't well but she always thought it was a ploy to get her to come out of her room. But it wasn't her siblings' habit to use the same lie thrice. She sat next to her father on his bed and took his hand. "What's wrong daddy?" 


Gabrielle grunted in pain when he tried to move. "I think I ate something bad." 


"That can't be it," Liora paced around the room, her desperate fingers clawing through her hair. "It's something else and I know it." 


Adalia looked over at her mother and she knew exactly how she felt. "Don't worry daddy, the healer will get something for you." 


She jumped off the bed and signaled Conan to follow her outside. "Are you sure it's not an assassination attempt?" 


CHAPTER THRITEEN