Fated to the Cruel Falcon

On her eighteenth birthday, Snow is publicly turned away by the mate she was promised to since childhood, a humiliation that leaves her shaken and unwanted. Labeled a defect in a world where her kind is judged by their bloodline, she is left to fend for herself. Her path soon leads her to a mercenary company, where she must find a place among hardened fighters who see her as a stranger. The story follows her struggle to build a future after being cast aside.