Nyra Vaelthorn thought losing her mate was the cruelest fate imaginable, until the werewolves she once called her people condemned her cursed hybrid blood and sent her to die with a forbidden spell. When she awakens in a dark vampire kingdom, she finds herself owned by the ruthless Vampire King, Emperor Zevran Morvane…a man who wears the face of her dead mate but possesses a far darker soul. As secrets about her bloodline, her mate's death, and the strange bond tying her to Zevran begin to unravel, Nyra must discover whether fate has given her a second chance at love... or delivered her into the hands of the monster who will destroy her completely.