ess in her heart, the other kissed by the sun with lightning in her veins. When the fate of the realm hangs in the balance, what would they give to be the last one standing?

With assassins lurking around darkened corners, friends betraying their young Queen, and the addition of an unlikely ally, Auraelia's unsure of whom to trust. Grieving the death of her mother, and Daemon's absence as war threatens her kingdom, all she knows for certain, is that her people come first...even if that means that she has to close off her heart to the one person her soul and magic call to.

Losing Auraelia was not an option.

It didn't matter what contracts his father signed, Daemon refused to give up the one thing that meant the most to him in the realm. But as Davina's hold over the courts in Ixora broadened, the walls around Auraelia's heart hardened. Determined to win not only her heart, but his place by her side as she faces down a great evil, Daemon works to become everything she claimed she needed.

As the war draws closer, will he be enough?