“It only breaks when the king finds his true love,” Odessa explains. “That’s fucking stupid.” Fox scoffs. “Why would anyone cast that curse?” “Spite,” I mutter bitterly. “Ninety-nine years ago, Thorne was betrothed to a woman the entire kingdom believed was his soul-bonded mate.” “She wasn’t?” Jett asks. I shake my head. “Apparently not, because the week before their wedding, he betrayed her with another woman. Unfortunately, the girl was a powerful sorceress. She was so heartbroken that she cast the curse on the entire kingdom, then flung herself off a tower.”
