A Choice That Doesn't Exist

Who could have thought an orphan would end up on the prince’s list of brides? I had only just managed to get an invitation to the magical academy I’d longed for. And I definitely couldn’t have expected the source of the imperial house to choose me for the selection process. But then—things got even more complicated: someone was determined to sabotage the event, attempting an assassination not only on his Highness, but on his fiancées as well! (One of them is my friend, with whom we sneaked in where we weren’t supposed to, and barely escaped paying the price.) And the real shock came when I learned that neither the prince nor I, as it turns out, had any choice—everything had been decided in advance.