What begins as a simple hunt spirals into a perilous game for Adàl. A young woman, injured and defenseless, should be the perfect prey—but something about her makes him falter. Against all instinct, he saves her. Yet as danger closes in, it's not her safety that threatens him most... it's the way she's unraveling the shadows within him.

Isona thought her worst fear was being forced into marriage. But when her brother's dark secret comes to light, she is silenced by his cruel magic, her life hanging by a thread. Just as all hope seems lost, a mysterious creature—both fearsome and mesmerizing—offers her salvation. But now that her life has been saved, is her heart safe from this monster?