<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Twenty-one years ago Dion Evestre the spy and weapon of the King of the Fae was sent to a rebel country to continue his duty. Throughout his stay he was guarded by the shadow wielder Ciaragen Vey. And while he ended up making her job quite easy she did not return the favor. Not that he objected.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>In the present Althea Cardenia is a Princess of the human continent. She has always known she was destined to marry against her will even if it would be by her choice. For she has many suitors from whom to pick. None so appealing as the man with kind gray eyes who brings her meals with a smile but still. It is a choice. Between the several men who </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>are</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> within her station-including one who calls himself Dion.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>What happened over those twenty-one years? What does it have to do with a human princess? And why is the destiny that finds her so much worse than that of an arranged marriage?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>All secrets will be revealed.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Whether anyone is ready for that is yet to be determined.</span></p>