One must die. Or they both fall in love.

In the war-torn realm of Velrien, a cursed tradition binds a fae royal and a human soul every hundred years. One is marked to live. One is fated to die. The magic decides—and it never chooses mercy.

This time, it chooses Nyra Vale, a defiant healer hiding strange powers. She's ripped from her quiet village and thrown into the deadly court of Prince Kaelen, an exiled fae known as the Thornblade. Cold. Beautiful. Cursed.

Kaelen is prepared to end Nyra's life and break the bond that chains him—until the magic between them rebels. Their connection deepens. Their dreams entangle. And their hearts begin to betray the rules of the curse.

But the Queen of Thorns wants Nyra dead. A prophecy hidden in the roots of the castle speaks of forbidden love. And Kaelen's past might be the key to either salvation... or ruin.

Now they must choose: kill each other to survive—or rewrite fate together.