Duty demanded she let him go. Fate had other plans.
Lurena Ithelion has spent her life as a disappointment—too bookish, too timid, never quite enough for her ambitious mother. The only man who's ever made her feel seen is the one she can never have: Lord Xerius Vargonus, wolf shifter and ambassador to the Dark Moon Court, her people's sworn enemy. When her mother arranges her marriage to a political ally, Lurena does the noble thing and breaks things off with Xerius to set him free.
Then her fiancé collapses at their wedding, poisoned.
The only cure lies deep in monster-infested caves within Dark Moon territory. Lurena's mother volunteers her to retrieve it, but they need Xerius to get past the border. Now Lurena is trapped underground with the man she can't stop loving, battling creatures from nightmares while he's determined to win her back. Every heated glance, every protective gesture, every moment pressed together in the dark threatens to shatter her resolve.
When a cave-in separates them from their party, leaving them completely alone, she's running out of reasons to resist. But saving her fiancé means losing the only man she's ever wanted—and this time, she might not survive letting him go.
