Blood binds. Curses ignite. I am the Monster King—and she is the wolf who was never meant to be claimed.

I built this court from bones and shadows. I hold power in an iron fist, commanding loyalty from monsters who would tear the world apart. Every shadow in my soul whispers restraint.

Then Aria Nightfell crashes into my darkness. She is wildfire, feral and defiant—an exiled wolf who ruins every rule I made. Her blood carries the rot of a broken Fae bargain, old as the dawn and twice as savage.

One careless oath, and fate shackles us together. Now the prophecy stirs. The empire I forged hangs by a thread. My people watch. Enemies hunger for our collapse. Aria’s heart, wild and untamed, is the match to my powder keg of duty.

The more I taste her defiance, the deeper I fall, and the closer our world comes to burning.

When the thrones tremble, I must decide. My crown or her chaos. The world or the woman who could end it.

If loving her is a curse, I will let the darkness swallow me whole.

The only thing deadlier than our enemies is the bond that will drag us down—or raise a new empire from the ashes.