Warning: This book includes explicit sexual material and political content. Please read with discretion. After awakening the dormant magic within all Yarren drakes, Levi changed the future of Vesskar forever. Now, seated on the High Council alongside his closest allies, Levi is tasked with helping Alpha King Ozaph forge a new era-one built on law, order, and a mercy their realm has rarely seen. But guiding a kingdom is never simple. Neighboring territories are circling, desperate to secure alliances, while the council races to control the unpredictable surge of magic through new legislation and technological advancements. Amidst the political storm, the emotional stakes are pushed to their breaking point. Ozaph's feelings for Levi deepen with every shared moment, igniting dangerous new tensions within their ranks. Meanwhile, Crest is caught in a desperate internal battle-struggling to suppress his fierce, protective instincts as he learns to respect Levi not just as someone to be guarded, but as a powerful equal. In a world where magic refuses to be tamed and alliances are constantly shifting, one truth remains: feelings are the most dangerous magic of all, and they are impossible to bury. (Book 2 of the Celestial Bodies series. Following the events of His Scales Allure Me.)

Content Warning: (Sex/Blood/Politics/Gore/Foul Language) Levi and his older brother Seth are driven from the only home they've ever known when the Drokar kingdom hunts them, determined to capture them and drain them of their power. Alone and on the run, Levi is eventually found by Crest, the last surviving Shadowshifter and the leader of a rebellion against Vesskar-the very kingdom backing the Drokar invasion. As Levi struggles to control the volatile power awakening inside him, he is abducted by Tucker, a feared and ruthless royal General who seeks to steal Levi's power and use it to overthrow the sitting King. With Levi imprisoned and at the mercy of the Alpha, power begins tipping toward chaos. Seth, Crest, and a new friend named Finnick band together in a desperate attempt to save him. But the rescue is merely the beginning. War looms as Tucker's grip on power begins to slip, the Alpha King develops a troubling interest in Levi, and a new adversary emerges-one capable of annihilating magic itself. Trapped between a warring kingdom, escalating stakes, and forces poised to obliterate the world, Levi must confront his divine nature and decide if he's prepared to ascend to godhood before everything he holds dear is obliterated.