No Kiss Can Break This Curse. There is no future for Lydia Brightwood. The Crimson Lord, a tyrant bent on destroying Lydia's country, made sure of that. Her only hope of a different life is to find the one person who could unite her country: a royal heir. There's just one problem. . . They're all dead. The Beast's humanity is slipping away. Shut away from the world by a horrible secret, Adam watches the destruction of his homeland from the ruins of a fortress all the while holding the devastating truth in his chest: It's his fault. Adam and Lydia's paths cross in the ruins of the north where they must find a way to conquer the curse before everything they love collapses. . . but being truly human has its price.