Dark Consort

King Ceron realizes the only way to save his dying kingdom is to honor an age-old tradition--the kidnapping and sacrifice of a mage from the neighboring kingdom. He takes Kaeda, a lonely, misunderstood mage, and expects the ritual will be quick and easy. Unfortunately, the very spirit of Aichinn manifests in Kaeda.

She is the key to saving his country...if he doesn't destroy her first