Exile
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Two races fight for what remains of a dying planet.
For generations¸ the Maarlai¸ an alien race who fled the destruction of their own home world¸ have lived silently¸ hidden¸ exiled on Earth. They watched¸ year by year¸ as humanity destroyed what was once a planet full of hope and promise.
Unable to idly watch as the planet dipped further into destruction¸ the Maarlai left their hidden villages and went to war with what was left of humanity. With the death of the last great human king¸ the Maarlai found themselves victorious and vowed to protect and restore the planet that had sheltered them for so long.
A treaty made¸ an alliance formed.
Shannen of House Lyon is a member of the last of the human royal families. While they bend knee to the Maarlai ruler¸ her people have not forgotten their former greatness¸ the years of bloodshed and horror... or the memory of their fallen king.
To ensure a lasting peace between their two peoples¸ Shannen and three other prominent human women are sent to the Maarlai capital. One of them will wed the future Maarlai king¸ cementing the peace between former enemies.
When Shannen finds herself married to the Maarlai warrior¸ she discovers a whole new world... and freedom unlike anything she could have imagined. When war threatens once again¸ she will need to decide where her loyalties truly lie.