In the kingdom of Ilyras, magic is outlawed, and prophecies are silenced by blood.
An orphan girl, nameless and powerless, is forced into an arranged marriage with the cold and secretive crown prince — not out of love, but fear. A forgotten prophecy whispers of a girl born in shadow, marked by forbidden fire, who will one day bring the royal bloodline to ruin.
The palace is no sanctuary. The prince is hiding a curse, the court is hunting her, and the prophecy that binds them both may not be a warning… but a trap.
Now, fire stirs in her veins. Secrets rise from the ashes. And love — the one thing she was never meant to feel — may be the spark that burns the kingdom to the ground.
> She is not the first girl. But she may be the last.