Vinya's journey to visit her grandmother is cut short when Byonean guards block her path and escort her to the palace. Upon arrival, she's forced into an engagement to a withdrawn crown prince in order to fulfill a treaty that could save their kingdom.
There's just one problem: She's not who they think she is.
Escape should be simple-keep her head down, find a way out. But the longer Vinya stays inside the palace walls, the deeper she's pulled into a dangerous web of court secrets and betrayals, and the freedom that she's fighting for might cost Vinya something far more terrifying than her life.