In Every Lifetime

Prince Nathaniel Duma Azara mourns his father in the Azara Kingdom while the High Council presses him to marry. The Queen Mother arranges a betrothal to Omalisa, daughter of Council Leader Brother Edung, to block a vote that would give the throne to a rival house. A new group of palace maids arrives under Madam Alice, who enforces strict rules against eye contact with royals and fraternization with guards. Naila joins the recruits and on her thirtieth birthday begins experiencing vivid memories of past lives with the prince. She recognizes Nathaniel immediately though he remembers nothing, so she takes a kitchen assignment to get close to him. Later she sneaks into his chambers to tell him about matching wrist marks that appear on their thirtieth birthdays and a cycle of love and tragic death spanning centuries. Nathaniel dismisses her as delusional, but her persistence triggers fragmented dreams. Madam Alice fires Naila for breaking protocol, yet Nathaniel overrides the order because her familiarity intrigues him. The Queen Mother grows alarmed by the prince's distraction days before the formal introduction ceremony. She conspires with Saraya, an ageless palace servant who has been dosing Nathaniel with memory-suppressing tea for years. The council delegation arrives and Naila is reinstated and brought before the prince. A kiss unlocks his suppressed memories, and he remembers he is Jalani and she is Challeney, cursed to find and lose each other in every lifetime. During the betrothal ceremony the Queen Mother and Saraya confront the couple and reveal the origin of the curse. Centuries ago Queen Esore, the Queen Mother's past incarnation, bargained with a spirit for a royal heir. The agreement bound the child to be a reincarnated soul who would forget his past unless he encountered someone from a previous life. Nathaniel, now fully remembering, rejects the arranged marriage and declares his love for Naila.