No one was ever born more suited to ruling than Tharsen, the high queen's eldest son, but the seelie court is full of treachery.

Tricked by his lovers and allies, trusted only by his worst foe, the most powerful fae in all the realm finds himself cursed to either live and see his kingdom shatter, or suffer like a corpse until the end of time.

And then she came; a girl, with as much elder blood as he, wrapped in thorns. Rissa might have freed him from his eversleep, but no one can truly break the spell Mab placed upon him when he took her crown.

In a year and one day, unless he learns to love, every single soul in the entire kingdom he claimed to rule will perish.

Tharsen has lost his crown, most of his might, and everyone he's ever known has since turned to dust.

He has no intention to seek his rotten, buried heart.

And his choices won't come without consequences.