Exiled for wielding forbidden pyromancy, Arden Veyl is a woman stripped of her power and purpose. Now a castaway on the elven isle of Sylvara, she is a mortal spark in a forest of immortal shadows, her inner fire a defiant ember against the cold. She is a secret waiting to be discovered, a weapon waiting to be claimed. When the enigmatic Prince Zevryn of the Nightveil Court emerges from the starlight, he offers her a scandalous bargain: help him in a rebellion brewing against the elven High King, and he will help unravel the chains binding her magic. The price is her loyalty… and her complete surrender. His voice is a hypnotic promise of power, his touch a tantalizing glimpse of the passion she craves. To accept is to enter a world of decadent courts, breathtaking danger, and dark, carnal pleasures. Zevryn's world is a beautiful trap of silk and shadows where dominance is a game and pleasure is the prize. But the prince has a hidden , savage side, and his interest in Arden is far more than political. He doesn't just want her fire; he wants to be the one to unleash it, to stoke it until it consumes them both. Trapped between the ghosts of her past and a future she never imagined, Arden must make a choice. Will she trust the dark prince who promises to set her free by binding her to him, or will she be destroyed by a desire as wild and shameless as the very flames she commands?