In a kingdom where shadows choke the light, survival is its own kind of war.
Valora walks the razor's edge of death and deception-a legendary assassin cloaked in secrets and steel. Feared across the realm, she's never missed a mark. But this time, the job is different. This time, he's in her way.
Alistair Mermadak, the King's most ruthless bounty hunter, has been chasing her for years. Every step she takes, he's there. Every breath she draws, he's watching. And when fate forces them into a reluctant alliance, the line between hunter and hunted begins to blur-into tension, into heat, into something neither of them dares name.
In a world ruled by lies, blades, and gods who toy with mortal lives for their own amusement, trust is a luxury-and love might just be a death sentence.