Chapter 1 - Chapter 1: The Knock on the Dark Castle

The palace doors were heavy and cold. Ishani held only a bag of herbs. A proclamation had been proclaimed throughout the kingdom that anyone who could lift Prince Aryan's curse would receive a reward. But Ishani had come here not for a reward, but to save her ailing father. As she entered the palace, she saw stone statues everywhere—these were the people who had made the mistake of touching the prince.