Princess Halla of Yshrem once saved a boy’s life and lost her entire kingdom on the same day. Sixteen years later, she lives as a forgotten spinster in a lonely temple, the last of her royal line. She hopes obscurity keeps her safe, because to be remembered by her enemies is to invite death.
But one man has never forgotten her. Mathior, the boy she once saved, is now king of the Cyclopae. His advisors urge him to end Yshrem’s royal bloodline. Instead, he has another plan.
He has loved Halla for years, and he will claim her as his bride. Yet barbarian wedding customs are nothing like the ones she knows, and survival may demand surrender of more than her crown.
