Elara has received ninety-nine marriage proposals, and none of them matter. The only man she wants is Rowan Vale, her brother's closest friend and the person she has loved since she was fourteen. She is certain he will become proposal number one hundred. Instead, family duty, magical expectations, and Elara's Fortune Mark push her toward a future chosen by everyone except her. Her Mark is supposed to be a blessing, proof that luck and destiny favor her. To Elara, it has always felt more like a cage. Men see what her magic might give them. Rowan refuses to let himself want what he believes he should not touch. And when a dangerous turn of events places Elara in the hands of a mysterious Null named Cassian, the rules surrounding her power become even harder to trust. Escape is only part of the problem. Elara must untangle what her Mark truly means, what people are willing to do to control it, and why the man she has spent years waiting for keeps choosing distance over honesty. Rowan has secrets of his own, along with reasons for every glove, every refusal, and every silence that Elara once mistook for indifference. As threats close around them, old assumptions begin to collapse. Luck cannot choose whom Elara loves. A goddess cannot build trust for her. And no amount of magic can make the right future appear unless she is willing to fight for it herself. For years, Elara believed she was waiting for Rowan to rescue her from a life she did not want. She is about to discover that the most important choice may be learning how to rescue herself.
Elara has received ninety-nine marriage proposals, and none of them matter. The only man she wants is Rowan Vale, her brother's closest friend and the person she has loved since she was fourteen. She is certain he will become proposal number one hundred. Instead, family duty, magical expectations...