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Fate Released
Date: 10/10/2015, Categories: Straight Sex, Author: ladyofthemountain, Rating: 1, Source: LushStories
The stars shone off of the impossibly tall buildings, the distant city skyline a glittering reminder of what was at stake. They had broken a protocol set for decades, and they knew what happened to the rebellious. It would not belong before morning. The rising of the sun would end this illusion, and the Foundation would come for them. Hearing the sigh of his sleeping breath, Calliope held Levan tighter. The warmth of his skin took her back, back to when they still had time. * “Levan, I am to be your bride.” The petite, blonde woman standing in front of him blushed. Forcing down the lump in his throat, Levan managed a smile. “Frann. How wonderful to see you again.” He spoke with a stiffness that he couldn’t quite mask. Since childhood he had known that this would be his fate. To become married to someone he could never love. The Foundation allocated spouses in adolescence, according to family wealth and projected career. This was said to maintain order and prevent passions from becoming too high. The Foundation was not interested in passion, it was not conducive to a functional world. Frann was of a lordly family and he was an esteemed scientist in the biolabs. A great match, on paper. But Levan had fallen in love with another. Her dark hair, womanly body and sweet scent were on his mind even now. Even faced with what he had feared- being trapped in a mundane life as dictated by the Foundation- he saw only her in his mind’s eye. Frann was pretty enough, but he was already ...