They were never meant to stand on the same side. Now the fate of their world depends on it.
Princess Ciara fled Alinora with nothing but heartbreak. Now she's in Eirduin - a kingdom of untamed magic and deeper shadows - seeking refuge with the man its people call a beast.
Except Khalidan Blackwood is nothing like the monster she was raised to fear. And that might be the most dangerous thing of all.
With corruption bleeding through the Prism and the promise of war growing louder, Ciara and Khal are bound together by a prophecy neither of them chose and a tension neither of them can outrun. Every secret uncovered pulls them closer. Every line crossed makes retreat harder.
She came to survive. He never planned to care.
But the closer they get to the truth, the more it costs them - and the harder it becomes to tell whether what's burning between them will save their world.
Or be the thing that finally breaks them both.