I was born with a gift that inspires terror. My family and everyone else dreams of getting rid of me by marrying me off to a hideous lord of the northern lands. But the groom doesn’t need me—he needs my gift. And he doesn’t care that every time I use it, part of my soul dies. The dagger at my throat prevented me from refusing at the altar— but the husband is wrong to expect obedience. A role of a sacrifice doesn’t suit me!