Shadow and Star

BBC MERLIN but the Prince and Mage fall in love instead.

Reyes Drazier is what the world considers a Starborn, an individual with incredible talent and potential for magic -- but to him, it is nothing more than a curse on his life - incapable of lighting even the smallest dead coal to provide warmth through harsh winters.

When captured by knights from the kingdom of Tervale, he finds himself once again shunted from one prison to another, but this time with a prize at the end. Iceglass, a legendary focus, thought to have brought the Great Inferno, a world-ending disaster brought upon by a past Starborn and Shadowblood, the other side of the coin. Ordered to heal the mind of Prince Senko, thought to be addled with grief from the death of his baby brother, a dragon haunts Reyes dreams and nightmares, who goes by one of many names.

Though he tries to ignore it, the pyre grows at his feet, with only Prince Senko as the one hope he has for freedom.