Mira never wanted to be a princess. She wanted a quiet life far away from the palace, where she could forget the pain of losing her mother and live by her own choices.But when a political alliance forces her to marry Prince Adrian, the cold and feared Crown Prince of a neighboring kingdom, her life changes forever.Adrian is the last man Mira wants to marry. He is distant, difficult to understand, and strangely determined to keep her away from him.On their wedding night, he gives her one warning:“Don't fall in love with me.”Mira doesn't understand why.As their arranged marriage begins, they constantly misunderstand each other. Yet beneath Adrian's cold behavior, Mira slowly discovers a different man—the man who quietly protects her when she's afraid, remembers the smallest things about her, and would rather suffer alone than let anyone hurt her.Then Mira discovers a terrible secret.Her mother was not killed by illness as she was told. She was murdered.And Adrian believes the people responsible are connected to an ancient prophecy surrounding Mira's mysterious magical bloodline.The closer Mira gets to the truth, the closer she gets to Adrian.But Adrian has been hiding something even more frightening.Years ago, a prophecy predicted that he would one day destroy the kingdom—and kill the woman he truly loved.That woman is Mira.Adrian has spent years fighting his own feelings because he believes loving her will lead to her death.But Mira refuses to accept a fate written by someone else.When betrayal tears their kingdoms apart and someone inside the royal family begins manipulating the ancient prophecy, Mira and Adrian must decide whether they will obey the future that was chosen for them—or fight together to change it.Their marriage began as a political arrangement.Their love becomes their greatest weakness.And eventually, it may become their greatest power.Because when fate says they must lose each other, Mira has only one answer:She will rewrite fate herself.