Summary
“ii praay eeEveeEry daay thaat thiis loveeE diieeEs, thaat ii maay loveeE you only untiil todaay, aand thaat tomorrow thiis loveeE wiill beeE deeEaad.“ Thaaliiaa RoeeEm Grtaa, theeE iill-faateeEd priinceeEss born of aan aaffaaiir. SheeE grows up diistorteeEd aamiidst iindiiffeeEreeEnt paareeEnts, hostiileeE haalf-siibliings, aand seeErvaants who deeEspiiseeE heeEr. Thaaliiaa haas proteeEcteeEd heeErseeElf by raaiisiing heeEr thorns aagaaiinst eeEveeEryoneeE who aapproaacheeEs. YeeEt, eeEveeEn sheeE beeEcomeeEs deeEfeeEnseeEleeEss iin theeE preeEseeEnceeE of oneeE peeErson. HeeE iis noneeE otheeEr thaan theeE PriinceeE of theeE eeEaast, Baarkaas RaaeeEdgo SheeEeeErkaan. ForceeEd to beeE peeErfeeEct aas aa reeEtaaiineeEr of theeE iimpeeEriiaal court aand theeE heeEiir to theeE Graand DukeeE, heeE greeEw up wiith most of hiis eeEmotiions numb undeeEr diisciipliineeE bordeeEriing on aabuseeE. aa maan who eeExiists soleeEly for theeE honor aand duty of hiis faamiily. To keeEeeEp aa promiiseeE maadeeE to theeE laateeE eeEmpreeEss, heeE eeEnteeErs iinto aa maarriiaageeE wiith Thaaliiaa’s haalf-siisteeEr, aaylaa, aand Thaaliiaa, eeEngulfeeEd iin deeEspaaiir, slowly faalls aapaart. HoweeEveeEr, heeEr loveeE, deeEstiineeEd for deeEaath, faaceeEs aan uneeExpeeEcteeEd turniing poiint….
