Book Synopsis
A kingdom built on sunlight. A king stripped of emotion. A queen who refuses to break.
When Princess Coral of Marethis arrives in Solari, she expects an arranged marriage — not a realm collapsing under a Topaz-born curse. Stone beasts stalk the streets, citizens freeze where they stand, and the once-glorious kingdom now fears the darkness spreading from its corrupted gemstone. And at the center of it all stands King Henri, the man she has just married… a ruler who has lost the ability to feel anything at all. Once warm and beloved, Henri now leads with cold precision, hollowed out by the same curse destroying his people. But when Coral’s unexpected mastery of water magic becomes the first force to truly wound the stone beasts, cracks form in the despair gripping Solari, and flickers of emotion begin to break through Henri’s numbness.
As danger rises and the Topaz’s corruption deepens, Coral and Henri must work together to save the kingdom, and the bond forming between them.