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For three hundred years, King Kael of Veyra has ruled without aging.
To his people, he is a mysterious king spoken of in whispers-the ruler who looks exactly as he did generations ago. But behind the crown lies a darker truth: Kael has no living heart. Three centuries ago, the sorcerer Malrec cursed him, trapping his soul inside an immortal body and condemning him to endless life.
Malrec was once a trusted adviser to Kael's father, until his obsession with forbidden magic and the powerful Heartstone drove him into exile. When he returned after the king's death, he attempted to seize the Heartstone for himself. The spell failed, and Kael became the unwilling victim of his vengeance.
For centuries, Malrec has remained hidden, stealing the life-force of others to prolong his own existence while waiting for another chance.
Then, on her twenty-first birthday, Liora's sealed magic awakens.
A mysterious mark appears over her heart-and somewhere within the royal palace, Kael feels something impossible.
His dead heart beats.
Drawn to strange disturbances near Liora's village, Kael encounters the reckless young woman who refuses to fear him, unaware that she carries an ancient soul-magic connected to a prophecy that has haunted the royal family for generations.
Their meeting awakens something neither of them understands.
A soulbond.
Kael wants answers. Liora wants freedom. Neither expects the dangerous attraction growing between them.
But when Malrec discovers that Liora has awakened, she becomes the key to a centuries-old conflict-and the greatest threat to Kael's immortality.
Now Liora must uncover the truth about her bloodline, the curse, and the mysterious king whose soul has become bound to hers.
Because the bond may be the only thing capable of saving Kael...
or the very thing that will finally bring about his death.