In a world born from one man's cursed hunger for power, humanity survives only behind walls of stone and blood. The Sanctum rules with iron discipline—love is forbidden, emotion is weakness, and duty is law.

Bella Lestaire, bound by an arranged marriage and smothered by silence, finds herself condemned to a loveless life... until a prisoner changes everything. Orin, a werewolf unlike the rest, carries chains on his wrists but defiance in his heart. Drawn together in secret, their dangerous bond ignites a love the council calls treason—and a power no ward can contain.

A cursed world. A forbidden love. A choice between chains and freedom that will decide the fate of them all.