Curses & Crowns

For the longest time, Alessandra had resigned herself to life on the shelf. As a niece to an aging king with sons who refuse to have legitimate heirs, it falls to her to marry for the benefit of her kingdom. Were it not for her eight elder siblings that had already secured politically advantageous matches that brought relative peace to the region. Finally deciding to let herself live a little, her self-given freedom is cut short with an aging king claiming her for himself and a curse claiming her voice.

Callan has called it quits. Magic was supposed to be a blessing, but his feels more like a curse. Having fled a war he was drafted into across the sea, he decides to enter into retirement. At the ripe old age of twenty-five. On his grueling journey to his retirement destination, and one of the few countries that treats wizards with a modicum of respect, he runs into a voiceless damsel in distress.

With countries on the line and lives hanging in the balance, will they be able to rescue themselves and her country?