Elara Vance is a quiet art restorer who spends her nights bringing damaged masterpieces back to life, until she witnesses a murder and becomes the captive of the man who committed it. Julian Voss is The Reaper, an assassin who should have killed her but instead sees something in her that reminds him of the artist he used to be, the man he was before the syndicate destroyed his family. He gives her a studio, a priceless painting of his mother to restore, and a gilded cage, telling her she means everything to him and he cannot stop wanting her. She hates him, she fears him, but as she uncovers the broken boy beneath the monster, she begins to understand him, begins to want him, begins to love the man who has possessed her soul. And when a detective comes to save her, when freedom is finally within her grasp, Elara must choose between escaping her captor and staying with the only man who has ever made her feel truly alive.

They call him the Beast of Ash Prison. The immortal Lycan king. The butcher of kingdoms. The monster who burned her family alive. When Selene offers herself as a political prisoner to save her younger brother, she expects chains, torture, and death. Instead, the prison bows to her. The walls whisper her name. The dead obey her footsteps. And the ruthless king who should hate her looks at her like he’s already ruined himself for her once before. Kael Draven has spent centuries ruling the deadliest prison in the realm, hiding a secret capable of destroying every wolf kingdom. Selene is that secret. She came for revenge. He was never supposed to touch her. And neither of them expected the mate bond to awaken something ancient buried beneath the prison. Something hungry. Now the goddess sleeping beneath Ash Prison is waking and she wants her body back. In a kingdom built on betrayal, forgiveness may be the most dangerous thing of all.