A clashing of love, loyalty, and uncertainty... When Esme Asbury's magical affinity for blood control appeared before the world on the eve of her 18th year, the royal barracks enlisted her use for the protection and maintenance of the kingdom's ailing prince, Nerium. Anxious and unsure in the palace, Esme spends her time looking for a way out of her royal obligations as she juggles cleansing the poisoned blood of Nerium and her growing devotion to the royal prince. But, after a chance encounter with the mysterious elf Lord Byran, Esme is tasked with the choice of understanding her own growing powers or the curse that slowly plagues the whole royal family, as well as the love she is fighting for the man on death's bed. But... who is to say she can't have both? *** Indicates chapters with scenes of smut
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