Bound to His Fate: Mists of Eria, #0

By Lisa Kumar

From award-winning author Lisa Kumar comes the short fantasy romance that began the Mists of Eria series. A human woman must come to terms with leaving her dimension behind in order to follow her bondmate, an elf guard, to the king's new realm. 

 

A king whose realm is moving…

 

Talion, King of the Erians, has sacrificed much for his people in both his personal and public life. Now he's being asked to turn his back on Earth and forge a new beginning for his people in another dimension.

 

A maidservant whose world is changing…

 

Arianne thought her life couldn't change any more than it had when she bound her life to that of Calathion's, a handsome elf guard. But whispers of the elves' possible removal to a new world unsettle her stable existence in the king's household. Now she's faced with a decision to follow her bondmate to a new land—and give up all she's ever known. What could a human maidservant possibly have in common with an elvin king? When the time comes, these two very different people will have to decide if they can leave a land that's given them so much. Will love guide them to where they're supposed to be, or will they ignore its call?

 

This is a short story of approximately 9,200 words and is suitable for fans of Elise Kova, Sarah J. Maas, and Miranda Honfleur.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lisa Kumar
• Release date: Oct 30, 2016
• ISBN: 9781540128478

Lisa Kumar

I'm a wife, mother, and romance writer who grew up in small-town Indiana. I studied psychology in college and have worked off and on in the mental health field over the years. I now reside in the suburbs of Chicago with my husband and our two sons. When not spinning tales of romance and fantasy, I can often be found with my nose buried in a book. I also love going for walks with my youngest son and taking Zumba classes. One of my stories, Bound to the Elvin King, won Ind'Tale's 2015 RONE award for best Sci-Fi/Fantasy.  You can find me on: Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/lisa_kumar Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lisankumar

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Bound to His Fate

A king whose realm is moving...

Talion, King of the Erians, has sacrificed much for his people in both his personal and public life. Now he’s being asked to turn his back on Earth and forge a new beginning for his people in another dimension.

A maidservant whose world is changing...

Arianne thought her life couldn’t change any more than it had when she bound her life to that of Calathion’s, a handsome elvin guard. But whispers of the elves’ possible removal to a new world unsettle her stable existence in the king’s household. Now she’s faced with a decision to follow her bondmate to a new land—and give up all she’s ever known.

What could a human maidservant possibly have in common with an elvin king?

When the time comes, these two very different people will have to decide if they can leave a land that’s given them so much. Will love guide them to where they're supposed to be, or will they ignore its call?

Books by Lisa

Mists of Eria Series:

Bound to His Fate, Prequel

Bound to the Elvin Prince, Book One

Bound to the Elvin King, Book Two

Bound to the Dark Elf, Book Three

The New Earth Chronicles:

The Fae Lord’s Companion, Part One

The Fae Lord’s Companion, Part Two

The Fae Lord’s Companion, Part Three

The Fae Lord’s Companion, the Complete Edition

Love in Time Series (Time-travel Regency):

An Earl in Time

Saving Lord Avingdale

The Faerin:

Crashing into Love (previously part of the anthology Crashing into You)

Claiming Riley (previously part of the anthology Like a Firework)

Other Titles:

Fey Marked

Elven Lord for Christmas

The Fae Lord’s Lady

Other Titles Arriving Soon:

Hearts of Tar

Claiming Lord Thuran

Bound to the Dark Elf

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Dedication

Thanks to my family and friends for supporting me in all my writing endeavors.

Chapter 1

The light-green walls surrounding Talion pressed in around him. He couldn’t make the choice they asked of him. He wouldn’t. But as the King of the Erian people, how could he do otherwise?

You must marry to give our people stability, Baltor repeated again, turning his brown head to gaze at the other council members assembled in the conference room.

All the members nodded except one. Avrin, his oldest and most trusted friend, sent him a glance filled with understanding and pity. The look drove home the fact that Talion had no escape route in order to bypass a bonding to some elvin maiden. It wouldn’t matter a bit to the council that he’d had visions of a future bondmate. Not only did he not have a clue as to the timeframe of their meeting, which could be millennia from now, but also the female in his dreams was human.

The council expected immediate results, and while he could override them, it wouldn’t be in his best interests to do so. His people came first, and if this would quiet unpleasant rumors, then he had to seriously consider it. Discord had started to flourish among certain segments of his people because he hadn’t taken a bondmate—a wife.

But beyond the occasional fling, he’d never been interested in settling down and choosing a queen. When the dreams had come a few centuries ago, he knew why. His true mate was a human woman...one with honey brown hair and an attitude to rival that of the angriest bee when provoked.

While it wasn’t unheard of to have visions of a future bondmate, it was rare. But he was no ordinary elf. His destiny seemed set out before him. Even if he could meet the human woman in the next couple of years, his people and hers seemed bound for war unless