A Stolen Heart Beneath the Crown

After finding Jason with Vanessa, Lily loses the medicine that could save her, along with the treasured brooch he hands to his lover. When she tears free the rib he once gave her, King Dominic keeps her alive by sacrificing part of his own heart. Lily soon discovers who truly rescued her. Jason pleads as death closes in, but she turns away. His sorcery consumes him, and when Vanessa attacks the royal ceremony, Dominic ends her threat in flames.