“I pray every day that this love dies, that I may love you only until today, and that tomorrow this love will be dead.”
Thalia Roem Grta, the ill-fated princess born of an affair, grows up distorted amidst indifferent parents, hostile half-siblings, and servants who despise her. She has protected herself by raising her thorns against everyone who approaches. Harsh words. Cold stares. A fortress built from hatred and hurt.
Yet, even she becomes defenseless in the presence of one person. He is none other than the Prince of the East, Barkas Raedgo Sheerkan. A man who sees past her thorns. A man who makes her forget to be cruel.
Forced to be perfect as a retainer of the imperial court and the heir to the Grand Duke, Barkas grew up with most of his emotions numb under discipline bordering on abuse. He exists solely for the honor and duty of his family. He does not feel. He does not want. He does not break.
To keep a promise made to the late Empress, he enters into a marriage with Thalia’s half-sister, Ayla. A political match. A duty to fulfill.
And Thalia, engulfed in despair, slowly falls apart.
Her love is destined for death. She watches the man she cannot have marry the woman she despises. She cannot hate him. She cannot hate Ayla. She can only hate the world that made this inevitable.
But her love, destined for death, faces an unexpected turning point….
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