To kill a god, you have to become a monster.
Easton traded his humanity to save the man he loves, transforming into the vessel for a starving, primordial entity known as the Void Crane. Now, his survival depends entirely on the agonizing, intoxicating magic of August Craven.
August is obsessed with the weapon he forged, pushing their twisted, dependent bond to the absolute limit.
Trapped in a gilded cage, Aries is at the mercy of Saber Craven, August's sadistic cousin. Stripped of his autonomy and forced into a role of tragic obedience, Aries realizes that the only way to break the devil's leash is to surrender to the darkness inside him and merge with the ancient, feral Wendigo.
But the key to their salvation rests on the shoulders of Alyssa, who agrees to the ultimate sacrifice. To assassinate Saber, she must use a dangerous glamour to infiltrate his bed disguised as Aries and plant a lethal blood-fertility parasite. Surviving a monster requires learning how to submit to one. As August trains her to endure the devil's touch, the cold tactician finds his iron-clad control shattering, replaced by a violent, unhinged obsession for the soft, defiant girl he is supposed to use as bait.
With the Black Moon rising, the lines between love, captivity, and possession completely dissolve. In a war where magic is fueled by blood and starvation, survival will demand everything.