Chapter One: I'm bartered away

A spoiled elvish princess in love with a lowly soldier. Unfortunately (well, fortunately. But don't tell her that) she will come to realize her life is not her own, when the neighboring elf kingdom demands a marriage alliance, binding her to the strange kingdom's most dangerous, and enigmatic, warrior prince.
Will Princess Lilya finally learn that you can't choose your life?
Will the warrior prince learn to love?
Will they have a chance to build a life together? Or will the strange assassins bent on murdering both of them throw both kingdoms into chaos and ruin?