The Demon and the Betrothed

Lorne is the only omega born to the royal line in two generations, and he has never wanted anything but his bees and his flowers.

Then his father trades him to the King of Thessmere for a treaty, and he arrives at the castle one night before a wedding to an alpha he has never met.

That night he slips out barefoot, kneels in a neglected garden to talk to a lily, and a demon finds him there.

Valdyr has served the crown for fifteen years as its war general. Feared, unbonded, and content to stay that way, until a scent of honey and lavender tells him his mate is kneeling in the dirt ten feet away. By the time Lorne says the word wedding, Valdyr has already kissed him.

The vows are spoken at dawn. Lorne’s body refuses the king that night and goes on refusing him no matter what it costs, so Aldric confiscates his suppressants and settles in to wait for a heat that will strip away every defense Lorne has.

Valdyr has an oath, a bruise on his mate’s face he did not put there, and a growing suspicion that his honor has become another word for cruelty.

One of them is going to break first.

This is a standalone MM omegaverse romance with an arranged marriage to the wrong alpha, fated mates, a soft beekeeper prince with a spine of iron, a foul-mouthed demon general who would raze a kingdom for him, and a hard-won HEA.

Contains depictions of spousal abuse and sexual assault.

This story does not contain MPREG, though there is mention of it being possible.