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Born of fae and shifter blood, Princess Nimara was cursed and cast away as a child by her father, the ruthless Fae King Calder Thorncrest, punished for powers she never asked for and a beast he feared he could not control.
Exiled to a forgotten ruin deep within the Dark Woods, Nimara builds a hidden sanctuary for the outcasts and forsaken. To the world beyond the trees, she is a monster. To those she protects, she is their last hope.
But fate has not finished with her.
When Prince Tormund Harrowfell, a calculating ruler from the Frosted Expanse, arrives in Aetheris seeking an alliance, a prophecy surfaces-one that speaks of a princess powerful enough to save his dying kingdom.
There is only one cost.
Her power must be broken.
Her beast must be severed.
And her life must be sacrificed for his people.
Nimara makes the fatal mistake of saving Tormund's life-unaware that mercy is the chain he will use to bind her. Lured by whispered promises of love and belonging, she is betrayed and bound in cold iron, reduced to a pawn in a game far greater than she ever imagined.
But Tormund is not the only one watching.
Milo Nightbriar, the exiled heir of a lost shifter kingdom, has waited for generations for the return of their true queen. He sees Nimara not as a curse, but as a crown stolen from its rightful bearer. He would burn kingdoms to awaken her power-and kneel if it means helping her claim it.
Caught between a prince who seeks to control her and a rebel who would set the world ablaze for her rise, Nimara must choose:
Submit and be sacrificed.
Or become the queen the world fears.
One will betray her.
One will break for her.
And one will kneel before her.
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