– I pray every day That this love may die To love you only until today And wake up tomorrow to find this love gone –

Talia Roem Guirta, a tragic princess born of an affair.

She grows up twisted amid indifferent parents, hostile half-siblings, and servants who despise her. To protect herself, she arms herself with thorns against anyone who approaches. But even she becomes defenceless before one man.

He is Varkas Laedgo Sykan, nobleman of the East.

Raised under the pressure of perfection as a vassal of the imperial family and heir to a grand duke, he grows up emotionally numb due to near-abusive discipline. A man who exists only for the honour and duty of his family.

To honour a promise made to the late empress, he becomes betrothed to Talia’s half-sister Ayla. Devastated, Talia begins to fall apart.

But the love that was destined to die faces an unexpected turning point....