Lenai's life has been filled with the overbearing pressure from her mother to marry one man, King Arryn of Verona. She's experienced kindness only from her dearest cousin Kaya and her handmaiden Noelle, when the King hosts a ball to commemorate the start of summer Lenai finally has a chance to fulfill her lifelong purpose. But out of her mother's clutches, Lenai finds herself falling in love with the wrong prince, forming her own ambitions and solving mysteries she never knew existed. Arryn is Verona's young King, having ruled now for over a decade and is in his early thirties. He's a man of cold wit who will sleep with anyone and drink the wine store's dry. Dealing with a corrupt council, revelations about his father, and questions about the line of succession he brings his brother home. The two's volatile relationship may repair what has been broken or be the final nail for Verona's future. Elias is a cursed prince, looked at with derision and fear- a talented military commander and heir to the Veronan throne. He finds his brother unchanged when he comes home after months on Verona's border with their fellow kingdoms. He finds his kingdom struggling under swirling rumors of rebellion and a girl unlike any he's met before. When the announcement is made he must be the one to marry and produce an heir, Elias suddenly finds himself a part of the court once more. The question remains, will these three find themselves and their fates or will their unexpectedly entwined histories destroy them? The first two chapters are up, updates every Thursday!
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