Fate bound them. Power divided them. Love might destroy them both.
One year after Talya claimed the Seelie crown, she and Rune finally understand the bond pulling them together. But Talya is now a queen, Rune is the Unseelie King, and the High Kingdom will never allow their courts to unite.
When the High King summons them to the Solstice, veiled threats and political traps await. Rune's proposal beneath the High King's roof becomes more than a declaration of love. It is an act of defiance that could unite their realms or plunge all of Faerie into war.
As alliances fracture and old magic stirs, Talya must choose between the duty demanded by her crown and the future she wants with Rune. He would burn the world before he let anyone take her from him, but even a love forged by fate has a price.
In a world where shadow and light are forbidden to unite, what happens when a queen chooses the enemy king as her mate?