The Promise - Voices of Vernaria, #0

After years of friendship, Marjorie and Lazlo begin to realize their affection for each other runs deeper. As the son of a landed Lord, Lazlo is expected to marry within his rank, and Marjorie, as a girl in a potions shop doesn't fit the bill. If they don't come up with a plan to bond themselves to each other, then Lazlo will be forced to marry a woman of his mother's choosing. The Promise is a short story that is a prequel to The Ring of Souls.
It contains steamy scenes, on-page sex, an arranged marriage, friends to lovers.