Two brothers, one throne, and you — the woman the elder needs to marry and the younger has loved since before either of them was a prince.
He didn't choose you. The Crown Council did — and he has until the coronation to make the whole world believe he did.
He got the crown. He lost you to get it. And now, the night before he marries a stranger for the good of the kingdom, he's standing in your doorway.
You're going to marry the prince. The man who'd take a bullet for you is the one you can't stop looking at — and he took an oath that he never will.