The heirs of the forbidden city

In Verunai, Elves, enchanters, and humans should never fall in love with each other. Yet the mortal king has defied this rule and married an Elven princess.
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She's a witch and will do everything in her power to protect the king of Verunai and his crown.
He's a mortal apprentice of the dead land demon king and will do everything to steal it.
Helia Rysav, born human to mortal parents, is taught to hide her extraordinary witchy powers-an ancient curse and gift from the old ones. Cast out of her poor village one day for witchcraft, she finds refuge with a noblewoman, only to uncover a world of gentry and deceit. Helia is tied to the crown of Verunai, the most powerful magical artifact, destined to save the realm or doom it.
But darkness looms. And Morrogh, the tyrant king of the dead lands, knows about Helia's abilities. Captured by him, she is bound to his prophecy-a pawn in a plan to reshape the world. Trapped and powerless, Helia's tragic end leaves her soul entwined with others in a prison of broken fates, as Morrogh hunts for the five prophesied Merkils. Unordinary mortals or creatures who are bound by one faith-the crown of Verunai, and achieve the prophecy.
Vyncent Hyte, once a sickly peasant, is now a powerful young lord and Morrogh's apprentice. Ambitious and closer to the crown than ever, he faces an impossible choice: the glory he's craved or the girl he loves before her body is groomed for evil, trained to serve Morrogh.
In a dark epic tale of love and betrayal, their destinies collide. Can Vyncent save Helia and defy Morrogh, or will power and darkness consume them both?
This is the prequel-the origin of the conflicts surrounding the crown of Verunai. In the face of fate, will love prevail?