The Lost Princess...Tessana Allisande once had a family. House. Chin. Future. Until the night when everything she loved was taken away from her. Secretly taken to a remote and secluded monastery in the farthest corner of her world, Tess was raised in the silence of monks and the tragedy of orphanhood. She would have remained there if she had not been found by the dark magic that killed her family. An impossible mission... And now that her identity has been revealed, Tessana must appear before the house from which she escaped so many years ago. The Crown of the Nine Kingdoms must be returned to its rightful place, and Tess must be the one who will carry it through all nine kingdoms. And when she arrives, she will need to convince a dying kingdom that the crown that belonged to a hundred kings should be given to the queen. The rebellious prince... Taelon Treskinath once loved. Princess. Daughter of the murdered king. He risked everything to save her, just so she could survive. And when that same princess suddenly returns to his life—but no longer the scared-to-death girl he remembers from his childhood—he must decide what his duty is. What to do with a girl who threatens everything he knows and loves. Or with the kingdom, for the sake of which he will do anything to protect.