Empire of Light

Light and Dark, we were never meant to work, much less thrive.

I betray him.

He betrays me.

It was always going to end this way. And it did—in a grotesquely spectacular implosion of our lives, of his castle.

So I’ve been on the run from Damen for four years. Four years before he finds me. Captures me. Drags me back to his castle with bloody vengeance searing in his eyes.

He’s still the king of heathens, but just barely. His empire is slipping out of his hands and I’m the reason why.

Now I’m back in the devil’s lair and he’s still obsessed with impregnating me. Still a master of seduction. And I don’t know if I have it in me to deny him, or if I should even try. A king needs a queen, after all…