A vengeful shadow. An obliging noblewoman. A mangled kingdom.Aelia is everything a noble woman should be – graceful, lovely, and quiet. But as a motherless, magicless foreigner, she’s often treated as no better than a well-dressed castle servant. Finding the herbs to make the queen’s healing potions becomes harder as the fire prince battles the violent shadow attacks from their enemy, the Shade. The battles poison the land, and the herbs are drying out. Aelia will ...