The first thing my fated mate did was press a sword against my throat. He was born to hunt dragons. I was born with one inside me. Every seven years, the Red Moon awakens the monster sleeping beneath my skin. The last time it happened, I burned an entire village to ashes. Since then, I've chained myself inside a forgotten tower whenever the Red Moon returns, prepared to die before I let the dragon hurt another innocent soul. But this time... He found me first. Leif Morvain. The ruthless hunter who has spent his entire life searching for the dragon that murdered his mother. He came to kill a monster. Instead, fate made me his mate. He rejected the bond. Shot me into the sea. And left me for dead. I survived. Now the man who swore to kill me has returned to the royal palace as the King's forgotten bastard prince, and somehow we're forced to live beneath the same roof. He still looks at me like I'm the monster that destroyed his life. The kingdom would burn me alive if they ever discovered what I am. And the only man standing between me and my execution... Is the hunter who once wanted me dead. Because falling in love with a dragon is dangerous. But uncovering the truth behind the monsters may destroy the kingdom first.