The Color Thief

The King and Queen of Teqell have kept a terrible secret for 27 years. Now, it's killing them. Magic is draining them of their color, and they are dying. Princess Helena is obligated to marry and ascend to the throne, told to ignore what she has learned and accept their fate, but she cannot. Instead, she hatches a flimsy plan with the Dresden, one of her Royal Guards, to right this wrong. They must help each other travel across the kingdom that she helps rule but has largely never seen while evading other Guards who would bring them back to the castle and stop short their quest.

Iria should have been a princess. Instead, she spent 27 years struggling to survive in the Wasteland beyond her kingdom's borders. Now, thanks to the love and bravery of her sister, Iria finally has the life she was born into. She never has to worry or struggle again. So why is she still unhappy? When her magic finds the source of the plague that has been killing witches, it becomes clear that Iria is the only person with a chance of stopping it.