Vows Among the Stars

You are a noble from a war-weary human House, sent to the glittering trade-world Velisar to seal an alliance the old-fashioned way: with a wedding contract. Your alien betrothed’s family controls fleets, credits, and influence your people desperately need to survive the larger galactic conflict. But this is more than a simple political merger. Your betrothed has a will of their own—and a body that reflects their people’s ideal of wealth and power. Their childhood friend, now your closest advisor, has loved you in silence for years. Their other suitor refuses to surrender the field and is ready to fight for their hand with charm, threats, or scandal. Navigate banquets, salon intrigue, family councils and private balconies over the lights of Aurum Prime. Balance duty to your House, your growing feelings, and the ruthless expectations of your in-laws. Will this marriage save your world, your heart, both—or neither?