A demon prince born of darkness carries a curse more brutal than any blade: he can command armies, shatter worlds, and end lives with a thought-yet he is incapable of feeling love.The only cure is the one thing he believes doesn't exist for creatures like him: the true, freely given love of a human.He laughs at the prophecy. Humans are fragile, foolish, terrified things.At least... they're supposed to be.But when a sharp-tongued, stubborn mortal girl crosses his path-and refuses to cower, even when he kidnaps her to save his crumbling kingdom-his certainty begins to crack. She challenges him, infuriates him, and sees past the monstrous power he wields... straight into the lonely prince beneath.As ancient enemies rise and his curse tightens its grip, he's forced to confront the one truth he's spent centuries denying: She might be his salvation... or the destruction of them both.