Lilias of Marion has already outlasted an arranged marriage to Zarek, the assassin prince, along with poison, kidnapping, and the powerful men behind every dark scheme.
She tried not to care for the husband forced on her, but that attachment may be the one she cannot survive.
Marion has fallen, and she flees toward a kingdom that no longer exists, while Zarek—long a nameless weapon for King Malrik and the court of Vsenrog—shifts in ways neither of them understands, unlocking something dangerous in his blood.
Malrik’s armies advance with help from an ancient elf who wants Zarek remade into something deadlier than the assassin snake he once was.
With their old distance gone, war and desire close in together, and there is no refuge left from either.
