Wren
Exiled. Betrayed. Alone.
He lost everything-his crown, his brother, his faith in the very people he had known all his life.
With no reason to stay, and no one left to trust, Wren did the only thing that he could. When his exile leads him to Astrid, a woman with wildfire flowing through her veins, he begins to wonder if fate's cruelest twist might just be its greatest gift.
Only, nothing comes without a cost. Astrid's world is steeped in danger, and every step taken forward threatens to pull them both deeper into unrelenting turmoil. Will Wren lay his doubts aside and stand beside the one woman his beast yearns for... or will he let fear derail his path from the destiny that burns between them?
Astrid
Cunning. Determined. Tenacious.
Astrid knows what it's like to go to bed hungry, and to wake with the same emptiness.
She comes from a harsh land, ruled by a man far more cruel than any beast. To protect her people from his wrath, she walks a fine line between his games, his rules, ensuring that she never pulls the ties that bind her too tight.
Then she meets Wren.
He's reckless, brave, and far too daring for his own good. Everything she's ever wanted, and everything she's forbidden to have.
To keep the King's favor, she must deny the only thing her heart has ever truly craved for itself. Because on the knife's edge of her world, one wrong move could send everything she's fought for crashing down. Will she learn that some things are worth risking it all, or will the distance between their worlds be too great to overcome?
