The first book in a spellbinding new duology, where a mortal girl is taken by a mysterious knight into the ruthless realm of the fae—and into a love that was never meant to exist.
I swore I’d never fall in love.
When I turn twenty, the City’s System will decide my future—an Arrangement, calculated through cold, flawless data and enforced without question. I accepted it as truth… until a shadowy knight stepped out from the mists of Edge City and offered me his gloved hand.
I should have refused.
Instead, I took it.
One reckless step was all it took to leave behind a world built on lies—and plunge into madness and mayhem. Welcome to Wonder, a realm of magic and monsters ruled by a ruthless Seelie queen whose crown is soaked in blood and fear. The knight who claimed my heart is bound to her by an unbreakable oath.
He was her weapon.
Her shadow.
And the one soul she can use to break me.
I’d choose this dangerous world over the City’s false safety every time. I would choose him over anyone the Arrangement deemed ‘perfect’—even if loving him might be my undoing.
Wonder is crumbling. The Red Queen tightens her grip. And though I wield no magic myself, I’ve found something just as powerful: allies willing to fight beside me and a heart unwilling to surrender.
We might be Wonder’s last hope. And I may be the only one who can save the knight who once saved me.
He hates me. He wants me.
He warns me to run.
I refused to leave him behind.
And when the Red Queen demands his loyalty, he’ll be forced to choose—between the crown that owns him… and the mortal girl he was never meant to love.