The Holly Groweth Green by Amy Rae Durreson

(This latter point would not have appeared as part of Celyn’s essential criteria a year ago. Ivarr was in possession of the following virtues, all to be welcomed in a spouse: he was only eighteen months younger than Celyn he possessed the use of all his limbs he could hold up his end of a conversation, albeit not as fluently as Celyn himself and he had a rather pleasant smile. Celyn, on the other hand, got to be engaged to the new First Prince’s younger brother Ivarr, a development with which he was entirely happy. Challoner, not coincidentally, was possessed of a very large standing army and an unenviable geographical position right between the Axtooth Range and the border of the Perth Empire. No, First Prince Sjurd the Great Oaf got to be engaged to Mathilde, second daughter of the Principality of Challoner, a realm bigger and richer than Celyn’s beloved Ys. He certainly didn’t have anywhere near enough status of his own to merit an engagement to the newly selected First Prince of Axholme, who had been named heir elect by the acclaim of his gathered bloodline was military leader of already legendary status and was (Celyn was soon to learn) an all round arrogant prat. Celyn was sister’s son to King Pryderi of Ys, which meant his main value to the crown was as a minor marriage pawn. Not, of course, that they were supposed to be marrying each other.

The first time Celyn met the oaf was aboard the flying ship Llinos, on the eve of their betrothal feast. I’m very grateful to them for the opportunity to take part and the fantastic response I had from everyone involved.Īlso included in this edition are two bonus scenes I originally posted on my website in 2013, Homecoming and Hounded. This story was originally written in 2013 for the Goodreads M/M Romance Group’s Love Has No Boundaries event.This is wonderful annual event in which published and unpublished writers join together to write free stories in response to prompts created by the group’s members. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.įantasy Green island © Judgar | Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner.

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The Holly Groweth Green by Amy Rae Durreson