One man's blessing is another man's curse.

Crown Prince Jinan Zar never doubted the love of his parents and friends, but when an accident leads to a curse, Jinan learns how easily his plush royal life could crumble around him. Without a red string, he has no way to find his mate, and without a mate, he cannot take the throne of Paari.

The only glimmer of hope are the strange flowers which bloom across his skin, coming and going without any clear reason, but the hope they offer vanishes when the person to whom they lead him is the indomitable enemy who threatens his nation's safety.

What first impression is worse than cutting off your soulmate's arm?

Kal is nothing. He is nobody, just some witch's non-magical bastard raised to be beaten and buried alive over and over again. Even when blessed with invincibility by the gods, his suffering endures. When ordered to act as his half-brother's shield and gain family honor by going to war, Kal takes this one chance at freedom, knowing the debt he owes could drag him back to that horrible house at any time.

He never expects to be kidnapped by a fae, or all that comes when the first person in decades to harm him swears to give him a life beyond his wildest dreams. It's too good to be true. Hope simply worsens the pain.

Has Jinan truly found his mate? Are the flowers a clue? Or are they another piece of the curse sending him after a man incapable of trusting the unyielding adoration a fae's love provides?