"Hope was a quiet thing. A fragile, foolish thing. I carried it like a secret, until the moment I bartered it away for the one person I could never bear to lose." She was made to kill for him. Now she's on a path to destroy him. His creation turned his executioner. Taylor carries the blood of gods-and the scars of the man who tried to control her. With her mate dead, her heart fractured, and her rebellion in ruins, all that remains is vengeance. But Xavier is no longer hiding in the shadows. Armed with forbidden runes and an army of the enhanced, he's poised to conquer what's left of the realm. To stop him, Taylor must forge dangerous alliances, awaken ancient powers, and survive trials meant for the divine. And Dominus Falcon-the enemy king she can't outrun-might be her last chance to win this war... or lose herself entirely.