Aurelia survives by feeding on desire, keeping her true nature hidden, and never staying anywhere long enough for the Sovereign’s laws to close around her. The Gilded Hart is supposed to be another temporary refuge until two relentless veilrunners walk through the door and claim a connection she has spent years avoiding. Kael and Ronan are powerful, infuriating, and bound to her by forces none of them fully understand. Aurelia’s first instinct is to run. Unfortunately, the world outside is becoming even more dangerous than the men chasing her. The Sovereign is tightening his grip across the continent, outlawed magic is punished without mercy, and rumors of another Great Sundering threaten every creature that refuses to submit. Aurelia possesses power that could alter the balance, but using it means exposing secrets she has protected since childhood. Forced into a journey with Kael and Ronan, she discovers that Soulbound attraction is the least complicated part of what connects them. Desire becomes trust, trust becomes vulnerability, and every new truth raises the price of choosing one another. Then the Sovereign’s ruthless son, Darian, steps into their path, carrying motives Aurelia cannot read and a dangerous interest in what she can do. As rebellion gathers strength, Aurelia must decide how much of herself she is willing to reveal and who deserves the power to stand beside her. Her enemies want to turn her into a weapon. Her bonds could become her greatest weakness. And if the Sovereign succeeds in forcing the continent into another purge, Aurelia may have only one chance to strike before everyone she has begun to love becomes leverage against her.
Aurelia survives by feeding on desire, keeping her true nature hidden, and never staying anywhere long enough for the Sovereign’s laws to close around her. The Gilded Hart is supposed to be another temporary refuge until two relentless veilrunners walk through the door and claim a connection she ...