In a world where women are sold as breeding stock, Princess Elara has survived twenty-one years by masquerading as a prince. But when her sister Seraphina is sacrificed to a feral Urekai king, Elara makes a deadly bargain: trade her freedom to become the beast's next prey. What she doesn't expect is the primal hunger awakening in her veins - or the way Drakon's monstrous form ignites forbidden desires. As political schemes unravel between ruthless Urekai lords and a sisterhood forged in blood, Elara discovers her cursed lineage holds the key to taming the beast... or becoming his eternal mate.