His parting kiss from her left him with something he didn't expect, a bond with his worst enemy. Now Prince Kenrik isn't entirely sure he's still human, not with the light from his immortal love inside him. He's changing into something unnatural, and learning that sharing bonds with his enemy and bonds with his love will most likely break him before he can break them, especially when Kenrik has to thwart assassin after assassin because Lord Caedryn wants revenge for Kenrik stealing Niawen away.