She was never meant to be his Luna… only a sacrifice to save her father’s kingdom, a fate too heavy for her to bear, the price of a broken peace.Lyara, princess of a defeated kingdom, is forced into a political marriage with Kael Draven, the feared Alpha King who conquered her people and burned her world into ashes. To her, he is her greatest enemy.She is a sacrifice of peace, unity, and power.To the court, she is nothing more than a war offering. To him, she is a symbol of his enemy’s downfall, his pride, his conquest… and a temptation he refuses to acknowledge.But the moment their hands touch at the altar, fate awakens something forbidden between them.A mate bond.A curse neither of them expected.Kael rejects her in front of his entire court to protect his throne and to hide the dangerous truth that claiming her could destroy his kingdom. But rejection only fuels obsession. In a palace filled with jealous concubines, silent enemies, and a prophecy that speaks of a Luna who will either save or burn the empire, Lyara becomes the most dangerous woman alive.When she is framed for treason, accused of murder, and falsely marked as carrying the Alpha’s heir, she is cast out into a storm with nothing but her shattered pride, and a secret that could change everything.Pregnant. Betrayed. Hunted.Now the Alpha King must choose between his crown and the woman he should never have rejected.But some bonds cannot be broken.And some Lunas are not meant to be lost.Because when the war bride returns…she will not come back as a victim.She will come back as his ruin.