Thruk Varyn holds a failing city whose bone-stone is giving way under ancient magic, and the orc warlord is bound to destroy anything that threatens his bloodline.
With the Dominion dying, its leaders are forced to recall Xya, the exile who proved their sacred rules were a lie, and set her to clearing the deadly corruption inside his fortress.
He has already marked the bone witch as a threat who should stay behind bars, yet being near him sets her skin burning and stirs a possessive violence he can barely restrain.
When dark magic drives them together in the crypts, she faces the monster in him without flinching and demands all of him.
A forbidden connection is binding his soul to hers, turning a man built to crush his enemies into one hungry to claim her.
