Freedom is hard won and precious, but cages don't always have physical bars, and the chains of duty and love are strong.
Sooner or later, you have to show up.
An irritating oddball to her family, when Aisha was married off she didn't swap houses; she swapped cages, and her new prison was far, far worse. After escaping she didn't know what to do with all of her freedom, but she swore she'd never give it up. Then she disappeared.
Maimed Dennis was an introverted shell of a man. Then someone figured out that he was a magical lord and kidnapped him. When he escaped to a new life in the Elf Nation he didn't know what to do with his freedom, but disappearing into his room with a good book wasn't the solution.
Umar was a slave-soldier in the Ottoman Empire. He found freedom as a simple camel herder and disappeared into the desert. Now the EN wanted him to give up his anonymous life to be a Warrior Lord and while he was at it, save the world from Armageddon. That was bad enough, but who would take care of his camels?
As magical lords navigating a dangerous human world, Aisha, Dennis, and Umar find both freedom and love in the most unexpected places. But do they have to give up one to get the other?
Can't they have both?
