In Nocthyr, freedom isn’t given… it’s bought. Nyra Solen learned that too late, the moment her name was claimed by the crown prince as his next possession. But Nyra didn’t run. She chose. In a desperate move, she offered marriage to the only man powerful enough to take her fate away from the prince: Cael Virek, warlord of Nocthyr—undefeated… and feared. A man surrounded by rumors: none of his wives survive he never touches what he buys and he never breaks an oath He accepts. But not out of mercy. Because when he sees her… he recognizes something that shouldn’t exist. Nyra carries a mark. A forbidden bloodline. A past he himself erased. Years ago, Cael led the massacre of a rebel house. He left no survivors. Or so he believed. Now he is married to its last heir. And she has no idea. Trapped in a marriage built on secrets, hunted by a prince who refuses to lose her, and bound to a truth that could destroy them both… Nyra must decide what is worth more: her freedom… or the truth that could condemn her. Because in Nocthyr, love doesn’t save. It consumes.