The old world of Eryndor is dead. The chessboard has been shattered into ash. When Prince Émyr claims the obsidian throne after unearthing a massive northern conspiracy, he doesn't just rewrite the empire's laws-he locks its dangerous, deadly shadow permanently to his side. Sorren Valek, the brilliant and reckless wildfire assassin, thought his contract with the crown ended when the vaults were cleared. He didn't expect a life sentence bound to an iron-willed sovereign who refuses to let him slip back into the dark. Meanwhile, in the suffocating shadows of the royal alcoves, the brilliant chess-master Prince Rael finds his strategic armor completely vaporized. Idrien Valel, his quiet and ferociously territorial guard, has already claimed the royal bloodline with his blade-and he has absolutely no intention of letting the political court barter away his prize. Two powerful pairs. One unbreakable alignment. A dark, high-stakes fantasy romance about absolute surrender, fierce possession, and an empire rewritten in the dark.
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