One life ended in blood. The next begins in a lie.Kaira Ashwyn was murdered by her destined mate. Now, thrown back in time to the night of the Mate Ceremony, she has one chance to rewrite her fate. To survive the Alpha’s betrayal, she commits the ultimate heresy: she rejects her bond and claims a mysterious stranger instead.He was supposed to be a shield. Instead, he is a storm. Kaira finds herself tethered to a man whose secrets are as dark as the void and whose touch awakens a hunger she never knew existed. As ancient rivalries resurface and the Alpha’s obsession turns violent, Kaira discovers that the stranger she chose isn't just a protector—he's a god of destruction who has no intention of letting her go.

They didn’t send Seraphine to the Merciless King as a bride. They sent her as a blood-offering—a living apology to soothe a crown drenched in grief.She arrived expecting the cold bite of chains and the silence of a forgotten cell. She expected to be a ghost in the halls of his obsidian fortress. What she didn’t expect was the bond. The moment Kael Dravyn’s gold eyes locked onto hers, the world fractured, and a primal, undeniable mate-bond snapped into place.He hated it. He called it a mistake, a cruel trick of fate. He banished her to the shadows of the east wing wing, warning me to stay out of his towers and away from his secrets. But Kael Dravyn carries his sorrow like a second spine, and his silence is a map I intend to follow.Deep within his forbidden library, she found the truth: Kael isn't the monster the world fears. He is something far more volatile—a man who believes that love is a death sentence, and who is losing the war against his own heart every single day.But as the bond tightens, a shadow stirs beyond the mountains. The man who murdered Kael’s first mate has returned, and he doesn't want the throne. He wants to use her to tear the King apart from the inside out. She arrived with nothing. No power, no allies, no hope. But in the arms of a broken king, she will build an empire.