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Following the deadly attack on the palace, Nikolus Simarin has become the head of his family, a family of one. The last remaining member of an Erumari founding family, he needs to start a family, and the sooner, the better. Unfortunately for Niko, being an Elementalist and a successful businessman isn't good enough for those in his social circle. After a terrible accident left him paralyzed, Nikolus Simarin became a social pariah, so where will he find a willing bride?

Lia Terner is a student working full time to put herself through school. She wants a degree so that she can finally return home and prove to her disapproving father that she's not the useless daughter after all. When Niko happens to stop by her place of work one day, they form an unlikely relationship. Can the pair work through the social expectations that threaten to keep them apart?