The Empress and The Fairy

To the people of the Nemian empire, conquest is an act of worship and the empress their goddess Nem's high priestess. Empress Zera is blessed with the gift of conquest claiming the village of Barnsworth and its surrounding forest. For a time, the transition was going smoothly, then the men of Barnsworth rebelled. Till left with no choice but to surrender when the empress orders the women and children burned unless they do so. They obey and their leader, Valure, known as the songbird is forced marched to the Nemian capital where Zera is met with something she wasn't expecting the rebel leader a fae but not just any fae but the son of nem herself refusing to be anything more than a trickster to get him out of her halls Zera makes him a bargin she'll investigate his claims against her men when Valure goes to leave to his horror and her pleasure they find out that nem herself binds him to Zera as her prisoner for real