Shackled by the chains that lock around her head, Pandora has always been confined within the kingdom behind the Wall. The tales of what lay beyond were merely stories-dark fairy tales designed to keep them trapped there.
But when those tales turn into her nightmare, she's offered as a symbolic sacrifice, a final punishment for the darkness marring her soul.

Pandora isn't the only one being punished.

Prince Sitri has no desire for a bride, least of all his enemy-garbed like a holy maiden from another century. Tasked with the burden of watching over this stubborn, naive outsider he takes the role of her reluctant protector. Locking her away in his chambers like an unwanted pet, he insists it's the only way to keep her safe in a kingdom that would prefer to see all those who lack magic dead.

Pandora fights to break free. Yet when strange new desires begin compelling her toward her captor instead of away, she knows his magic must be the culprit, manipulating her very will. Battling to retain control, she slowly works to unravel the mystery as to why she's been sentenced here: a plot to humiliate him and tarnish his bloodline. But for every secret she uncovers, her own darkness grows harder to contain.