Elara endures unspeakable agony inside the dragon citadel when her royal mate Kael drains her sacred life essence to sustain his conniving concubine Vexana. Unbeknownst to the callous sovereign, the brutal extraction terminates Elara's secret pregnancy and destroys their bonded soul tie. Left crippled and abandoned in the dungeons, Elara realizes Kael has forgotten she was the one who pulled him from death years ago.
Faking her demise in a catastrophic palace blaze, Elara escapes the realm to forge an autonomous existence free of royal subjugation. When the horrific truth of Vexana's deceit comes to light, a deranged Kael scours the mortal realm on his knees, desperate to reclaim the woman he destroyed.
