

The gown he chose for her left her shoulders bare, a silent command. As his gaze traced the exposed line of her throat, Isabel knew the boy she’d once known was gone, and the king who remembered everything was far more dangerous.
In the king study room, King Zachary summons Isabel, a mage from a school his father founded. While Isabel worry that Zachary might forget their past memory together, Zachary remember and miss her every single day. With their reunion, Zachary knows he wants Isabel close. And it is more than the innocent feeling like it used to be. Zachary want her obedience and make her pledge her loyalty to him.
Flash back to the past. Zachary recall their past together. Zachary was a young bastard prince who was send to learn magic in disguise as a normal boy. He was older than Isabel who just came in at magic school from far village. While Isabel was a girl with trauma. She was the only survivor and was watching Quentonia destroy and kill her village. That horror woke up her hidden magic. That time Zachary feel bad for her and stay close to take good care of her until Isabel found her strength and light again. Zachary was her light and Isabel was his meaning to be stronger. Until the day he must leave that he confess his true status. It broke Isabel heart that she know he will stay in a place too high she can not reach. Zachary was caged in a duty and forbid to contact anyone outside. While Isabel aim to be the great mage powerful enough to serve Zachary. It turns out they both success but Zachary already change from a kind boy to ruthless king.