Having lost Princess Hosanni, Prince Meleon Kristekon rides into Diakrinth to honor her memory. And to outrun his guilt over his patrol partner's death. While he risks his life to protect Diakrinth's daughters and ensure taxes are collected fairly, a mystery emerges on his estranged, eldest son's villa--a boy with Hosanni's laughing eyes and Meleon's rare blue undertone to his purple skin. The boy bears his younger son's name, Havan, and is the...