Book #0.5

Book #1 Bewitched, Book #2 Bespelled.
Two thousand years before the rise of Henbane Coven, Roxilana was just a Roman girl trying to survive the shadows of empire. Until the day a voice begins speaking inside her head. That voice belongs to Memnon, King of the Sarmatians-a warrior touched by gods, cursed by fate, and utterly convinced that Roxilana is his soul mate. When Roxilana's latent powers awaken, Memnon appears at her door with a crown in one hand and destiny in the other. Before she knows it, she's swept away to a strange new land and named queen of a people she barely understands and wife to a man whose love is as intense as it is terrifying. Magic always demands a price. And as Roxilana learns the true cost of Memnon's power, passion, and prophecy, she must decide whether to build an empire beside her cursed king or burn it to the ground.