First Came Trust, Part 1: Audio Version

Lilah knew ey was dead the moment ey met the creature in the woods. Ey never expected eir doom to overtake eir siblings as well. A stranger on the road may offer salvation, but is it worth the price?

Lilah knew ey was dead the moment ey met the creature in the woods. Ey never expected eir doom to overtake eir siblings as well. A stranger on the road may offer salvation, but is it worth the price?

Part 1

Text version

Dalma and Sherzod are relieved to find themselves safe and cared for -- but they aren't happy to be separated from Lilah and they want some answers.

The siblings have been reunited, and Dalma and Sherzod have questions...

Text version

It's been a rough day, but Lilah is finally getting some real answers.

Text version on my website.

With Lilah's life on the line, ey took the chance that Noble Bethania offers em. But Bethania was taking a chance too...

First Came Trust is a short story with a HFN ending.

The First, Next, Last trilogy tells the story of three siblings struggling to rebuild after their lives are destroyed. The trilogy will end with a HEA for all three siblings.

Season content notes -- torture, pronouns are private, werewolves?, pups need packs, consensual noncon (nonsexual), collars FTW, Dalma isn't having any of it, Lilah wants to be a martyr, ey has good reasons for it, Bethania has better reasons not to, dehydration is bad, how did Lilah get bit anyway?, queer characters, welcome home

There are many historical romance novels where the feisty heroine is forced into marriage with the alpha male hero. Eventually she learns to love and submit to her new lord, and they live happily every after.

In a distant future, this story is playing out again -- with one minor difference.

Text version: https://www.story-aerie.com/bound-by-his-oath-episode-1/

Story Content Notes: Coerced consent, violence, patriarchal societies with deeply ingrained sexism (doubly so for the Norns), a woman with her own ideas, and some on-screen sex.

There are many historical romance novels where the feisty heroine is forced into marriage with the alpha male hero. Eventually she learns to love and submit to her new lord, and they live happily every after. In a distant future, this story is playing out again -- with one minor difference.

Reimund had thought victory over Lady Mildthryth was inevitable. Instead, his forces have been defeated and he has been captured. Now what?

Text version: https://www.story-aerie.com/bound-by-his-oath-episode-2/

Story Content Notes: Coerced consent, violence, patriarchal societies with deeply ingrained sexism (doubly so for the Norns), a woman with her own ideas, and some on-screen sex.