You’re a princess at a legendary boarding school for heroes and noble royals, raised to believe that evil lives just beyond the walls. When you’re accidentally locked out after curfew, you cross into forbidden territory and meet a royal villain who shatters everything you’ve been taught. He doesn’t hurt you. He understands you. As secrets turn into stolen moments and feelings grow where hatred was supposed to exist, you begin to uncover the truth: the so-called villains aren’t monsters—they’re misunderstood. Caught between duty and your heart, you must decide whether to accept the world as it is… or risk everything to change it.