They were chosen. They didn't ask to be. Diana. Katherine. Sophie. Three girls ripped from their ordinary lives and awakened as Guardians - warriors bound to animal spirits, living weapons in a war they don't understand. Tefstalia is a world on the brink of collapse, and they are the last desperate gamble of those with nothing left to lose. But power has a price. And it's never what you think. Each Guardian is assigned a Warden: a warrior bound to her by an ancient oath, a bond that burns beneath the skin and blurs the line between duty and desire. Ryen, a disgraced count who hides more than he reveals. Pyter, a marquis whose ruthlessness is matched only by his devotion. And then there's him - the prince of Lafyen, the sworn enemy, the one they should hate. The one the bond drags them toward with a force none of them can explain. Six fated. Three bonds. One throne. As Lafyen advances and Tefstalia burns, alliances prove fragile as glass and the most dangerous secrets emerge from within. Because the true enemy is never the one you expect. And surviving might cost them everything they thought they were.