Lian, a girl without a mark and shunned by all, finds herself a prisoner in the palace of the Shadow King, Azar. A ruthless man, cursed for ages: every woman who falls into his heart meets a certain death. Yet when Lian touches his blood for the first time, she does not die... instead, the Broken Moon mark appears on her skin-a symbol unseen for a hundred years. Between fear and desire, cruelty and control, her body reacts in strange ways to his presence, and their clashes grow more intense with every step he takes closer. Will Lian escape his grasp, or will she succumb to the power of her new mark, melting under his ?strength and mysterious allure