“We must go now,” Prince Taran says dryly, looking you up and down. Whatever he’s thinking is unreadable, but his expression is far from pleased at the sight of you. “We have much distance to cover before sundown.”

Your father arranged for you to marry Taran, an elven prince who rules the city of Cassia within the elven kingdom of Valerian. This is the first day you have met, and now you’re leaving your home in the human kingdom of Bramwell behind to travel to Cassia with Taran.