For three years, Cassian quietly carried his wife's deadly curse, trading away his own lifespan so she could live.

She never knew.

Believing another man had saved her, the Grand Duchess repays Cassian with divorce papers and leaves him locked away while she celebrates her recovery beside her supposed benefactor.

Cassian signs without hesitation.

After all, he only has a few days left.

One final ritual is enough to erase the last trace of the curse from her body, and expose the lie that built her perfect world. By the time the truth comes to light, the husband she never tried to understand is already gone.