Alainn Croi started off like any other young girl in her village. She was fun, kind, and loved a good adventure. Tables turned when Aurora Granare turned the entire village against her and her family--even giving her the nickname Mal. Her parents soon die when villagers set her home ablaze, accusing her and her mother of witchcraft. She became one of the greatest villains their world has known, wearing her pain and anger as if it were a crown on her head. When this wicked witch sneaks into a grand ball, she ends up stealing the most precious thing of all: the heart of a prince. What will become of Alainn? And what horrors from her past come back to haunt her?