Ian Shaw, once the mightiest of all princes, is cursed from birth with a rare light essence that dooms him to die before the age of thirty. But there is a way to break the curse and secure a long life—and the throne: he must unite with a woman born with dark essence. After ten years of fruitless searching across the land, fate leads him to Lina Judd, a bride caught at her wedding while fleeing assassins.
