The Death King betrayed me-so I did the same to him. My time in Talon's captivity has complicated my feelings. He's more than a monster that conquered innocent people for his own means. He carries a lethal wound no one can see, a justification for his cruelty. But I have wounds too-wounds that he caused. My entire miserable existence is because of him-a cruelty he will never understand even though he should understand it most.
Inferno, the powerful red dragon that's fused his soul with mine, and I have agreed that the Death King must be exiled. We travel north to Riviana Star, the forest home of the elves and my father's brother, Ezra. I assumed I would be welcomed with open arms-but I'm treated with only suspicion by Queen Eldinar. She grants me asylum in her forest because I've agreed to be their ally against the Death King- but begrudgingly.
Even when I'm in the presence of the elves, I drown in solitude. I'm the only one of my kind besides my uncle, but his reception of me isn't warm like I hoped. Commander Luxe takes an interest in me, but my heart still yearns for a man it should hate. And that's when he appears-The Death King-in Riviana Star.
But not in the flesh.
The Death King is far more powerful than I ever imagined-and I've made him my greatest enemy.
Trigger Warning: Contains dark themes including rape and pregnancy loss. 
