FREE SHORT STORY A cruel fae king. A feisty human bride… As the host of this century’s Hundred Year Reaping, King Aspen must take a human girl as his bride. With the fate of the Fair Isle in his hands, he will either comply or send the truce between humans and fae into chaos. Chaos tempts him more than matrimoy…until he meets a feisty human woman in the woods. Maybe a bride with a blade at his throat is one worth stealing… TO RULE A FAE THRONE is a short story prequel leading up to THE FAIR ISLE TRILOGY. Best read before To Carve a Fae Heart or after. Discover what brought the brooding King Aspen and the feisty Evelyn Fairfield together for the first time and set into motion events that would change the fate of the Fair Isle forever.