Anna-leigh's life was a fairytale until reality struck. In her once peaceful kingdom, a new and unforeseen danger loomed, one she'd only heard whispers of in her grandmother's enchanting bedtime stories during the witches' storytelling ritual. Little did she know, those tales held a harsh truth that now demanded a drastic turn of events. Forced into a marriage with a prince from a neighboring land, all for the sake of uniting their forces to protect Mascovania, Anna-leigh faces not just an external battle but a fierce inner struggle as well.