Damned and Unlawful

Some say we are born twice.

Simone Groenevelde survived her trial. That was meant to be enough. In Zeve, power belongs to those who can control it, and as the only pure-blood heir, Simone has spent her life preparing to rule - knowing the only way to secure her place is through a marriage that will bind two kingdoms together. Because in Zeve, a woman does not rule alone. She is promised to King Tristan, the man who already holds more than one crown. She had accepted that.

Until she meets him.

Mathias was never meant to be kept alive. Everything about him stands against the world Simone was raised in. He should have meant nothing. He doesn't. She frees him and with that choice, something begins to unravel. The further she follows him, the less certain everything becomes - what she was taught, what she was meant to be, even what she wants. Mathias does not trust her. He does not need her. And he refuses to belong to her.

What if the one thing she was never meant to choose...is the only thing she cannot let go?