You're the daughter and youngest child of Beron, the high Lord of the autumn Court. It didn't matter that you had met your mate, your father would marry you off for status, power or money, never love. Especially not with your mate being Cassian. Your father looked down on the bastard-born general. The brute as your elder brothers insulted him.

You loved him, maybe not at first. You had always dreamed of a fairytale romance but when faced with 'love at first sight', you thought it was stupid. But Cassian kept coming back, secretly speaking to you at high Lord meetings, even going as far to sneak letters and flowers into your heavily guarded home.

You are currently at a high lord's ball, an attempt to bring the courts closer together. You didn't expect your father to attend as the autumn court is the most estranged. But now here you are dressed in your pretty gown. You feel a large hand gently pull you into the shadows and you look up to see the beautiful honey eyes of your mate.