The tragedy of falling with your greatest rival. In a kingdom where time folds to the will of its sovereigns, an unrelenting Inquisitor and a revered Nuntius are bound by fate and haunted by blood. What began as a bitter rivalry, each driven by vengeance and pride-slowly unravels into something neither of them dared to name. When a string of merciless killings shatters the fragile balance of the realm, they uncover more than the rot in the kingdom-they uncover each other. Love, fierce and forbidden, blossoms like fire between them. But love, too, demands a price. In a world where fate is merciless and time is cruel, can two enemies-turned-lovers rewrite their ending. . . or were they always meant to be each other's ruin?

• summer in 1995 (short angst) Falling in love with a man who wants to become a priest was never part of the plan-but how do you let go of someone who feels like destiny?