In a kingdom where a forgotten goddess's curse has become law—where purity is power and desire is a death sentence—Raylane has lived her life playing the perfect girl. Obedient. Untouched. Destined for the crown.All so she might one day reshape a realm that damns cursed women like her mother . . . women who dared to fall in love. Until one kiss ruins everything.Branded impure and cursed with rot-magic that spreads by touch, Raylane is cast into the Trial of the Bound—a brut...