Vanessa once channeled gentle restorative magic as the kingdom's beloved sorceress, envisioning an idyllic future beside Prince Leon. That optimism turns to ashes when royal decrees brand her coven as heretics, unleashing imperial legions that reduce her ancestral forest to smoldering ruins. Believing Leon personally authorized the massacre, Vanessa flees into dark wilderness, allowing bitter grief to twist her gentle healing arts into lethal black briars.
Two years later, Vanessa infiltrates the fortified capital under an alias, seeking vengeance against the royal dynasty that slaughtered her sisters. She discovers Leon ensnared in a web of church intrigue, haunted by grief while secretly resisting the true conspirators behind the purge. Vanessa must confront her unresolved passions while wielding her deadly thorn enchantments to dismantle the church hierarchy before the realm falls.
