The Mist Thief (The Ever Seas #3)

Prologue

BATTLE COSTS

Her grandfather made the announcement with a touch of glee: by week’s end, the princess would have a husband.

Her vows would be given to a prince from realms of curious magics who stood on opposite sides of a battle between fae and elven.

An advantageous match was always meant to be her fate. Still, the elven princess did not anticipate her future husband to be a man she faced on a battlefield. He was a man whose family was nearly destroyed by her magical affinity.

In truth, the princess knew this was no match of convenience—this was done for revenge.

For the damage caused by her people, the princess would serve as the sacrifice for all the transgressions of elven folk.

Her husband, his people, and those he loved, would all be protected from the wicked magic she kept inside once he claimed her as his wife. She would never be permitted to harm them. No laws of this alliance demanded her future husband do the same.

Cruelty, hatred, and anger were all she expected from her new household.

But what the princess never expected was the touch of an enemy thawing the ice in her heart, a kingdom of cutthroats becoming home, and a prince of nightmares loving the monster in the mists.