<p><b>A prophecy poisoned. A queendom at stake. A vial of tears holds their fates.<br><br>A sweeping fantasy about betrayal, sisterhood, and deadly quests for power, with a stunning, slow-burn sapphic romance.</b><br><br>For centuries, the citizens of Velle have waited for their New Maiden to return. The prophecy states she will appear as the third daughter of a third daughter. When the fabled child is finally born to Velle''s reigning queen all rejoice except for Elodie, the queen''s eldest child, who has lost her claim to the crown.<br><br>The only way for Elodie to protect Velle is to retake the throne. To do so, she must debilitate the Third Daughter - her youngest sister, Brianne.<br><br>Desperate, Elodie purchases a sleeping potion from Sabine, who sells sadness. But the apothecary mistakenly sends the princess away with a vial of tears instead of a harmless sleeping brew. Sabine''s sadness is dangerously powerful, and Brianne slips into a slumber from which she will not wake.<br