Freedom always comes at a price.
For Tan, that price might be her soul.
Once an enslaved princess, now a fugitive, Tan is hunted across the Empire after a fatal mistake brands her its most wanted criminal. Desperate to survive, she strikes a perilous bargain with Kier-a cold, calculating pirate from the rebel stronghold of Stormheart. His promise: freedom on the open sea aboard the Revenge, a ship ruled by the sadistic Captain Blackthorn.
The price: her soul, bound to Blackthorn in an eternal blood-oath.
Unless she can win it back. To break the bond, Tan must defeat one of Blackthorn's criminals in a deadly game, relying on Kier's brutal training-and navigating the dangerous pull between them. But when passion awakens an ancient magic even the Empire fears, Tan becomes the spark that could ignite a war.
As dark tides rise and loyalties fracture, she must choose: surrender to the power rising within her, or carve her own destiny before it's too late.