Unnamed Memory

Oscar, crown prince of Falsas, lives under a curse that sabotages his future before it can begin. Any woman who bears his child will die, turning marriage into a death sentence and making his lineage a political disaster. Instead of surrendering, Oscar seeks the one person rumored to be able to break anything: Tinasha, the Witch of the Azure Moon, who lives at the top of a deadly tower filled with trials. Oscar clears the tower and faces her directly, asking for an end to the curse, but Tinashas power does not come with simple answers. The spell is complicated, tied to forces that do not yield to brute will, and the closest solution might be to find someone with exceptional resistance to magic. Oscar, unwilling to accept that as his only path, makes a bold proposal that turns the negotiation into a personal battle of pride and boundaries: he wants Tinasha herself to come down from the tower and stay by his side. Tinasha refuses the idea of being claimed, yet she agrees to a limited arrangement that keeps her close while she investigates the curse. From there, the story builds on constant friction between a prince who treats impossible problems like challenges to be beaten and a witch who has lived long enough to know that some bargains reshape your life. Court politics, other witches, and the slow uncovering of what the curse truly is push them into decisions that affect far more than a marriage question, because their contract becomes the spark for changes that ripple across the kingdom.