He’ll do anything for me… except let me go. A brutal truth I learned the night he ruined my life, minutes before I lost his child.
I’ve been running since, moving between cities, sticking to the shadows, wasting the little money I have in hopes of evading him.
But it isn’t enough, because Killian King doesn’t give up—certainly not when it comes to someone he’s claimed.
When he catches me, he drags me back without so much as a question, holding tight no matter how much I kick and scream.
Trapped in his den of luxurious depravity with him as my only company, I begin to see hints of softness between Killian’s harshness, fissures of beauty behind his mask of evil.
I once spent our time counting down to the day he’d let me go, but as I learn more of who he is, I find myself searching for reasons to stay.
When old rivals catch the scent of Killian’s only weakness and start to circle, one truth becomes impossible to ignore: without him, I won’t survive the week.
Perhaps, then, I have to befriend the monster I nearly died to escape…
Empress of Ruin has dark themes. Check the Author’s Note for a full list of CWs.
