A blind tailor who can cut the lifelines of souls is forced into a pact with a duke.
#109 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
The Shadow Prince's Only Cure
Her touch can calm a prince's millennium-old curse, and a religious order is hunting her because of it.
NetShort · 30 episodes · about 0.8 h
FreeEp 1–11on NetShort
Locked19of 30 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Ayla is a tinkerer from the undercity who stumbles on Thranduil, a prince pinned by shadow spikes for a thousand years. Her touch quiets his curse, so they strike a deal: one touch in return for a day of shielding. Hunted by a religious order, they uncover that Ayla is the queen's daughter and that a palace coup lies behind the curse. They want it broken, and after that they want the ancient Lightless One found.
Fantasy & magicAction & martial artscurse-breaking questreluctant allies
Who will like it: viewers who liked cursed-royal quests where a clever outsider holds the only key.
Main characters
- Ayla: undercity tinkerer whose touch eases the curse
- Thranduil: cursed prince pinned by shadow spikes
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 11 free. Grey: 19 locked. About 0.8 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 30
- Free
- 11
- Locked
- 19
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 30 | 11 | 19 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 30 episodes is longer than 9% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 11 free episodes is more than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 37% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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Details the apps publish
- Languages
- English, German, Turkish, ar_AE
- App tags
- Contract Lovers, Fantasy Romance, Plot Twist
- NetShort
- 2.1K likes, 2.8K followers
The apps' own counts, shown as printed, never folded into the reader rating.
Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.