I swore I'd claw my way to the top of this viper's nest, betrayals sharpening my edges like a dagger in the dark.
Not bend for any man, least of all him-the ruler whose throne drips with the blood of those who falter, his isolation a crown heavier than gold. Yet here I am, caught in the haze of incense and murmurs, my skin prickling under the weight of his stare across that gilded chamber. It's not alliance we forge. It's war. My ambition against his dominion, until every barbed word between us twists into something feral, hungry.
One shadowed alcove swallows us whole. Hands that scheme for power now grip silk sheets soaked in sweat, bodies crashing in a frenzy of pain-laced bliss. He takes what he wants-my defiance crumbling under growls that rumble through me like thunder, leaving me gasping, marked, utterly spent on royal linens. I fight it, deny the thrill of yielding, the release I've starved for amid my ruthless games. But his touch demands truth my lips won't speak.
Our fragile pact teeters. My family's legacy, my hard-fought freedom, the kingdom's shaky seat-all dangle by whispers in courtiers' ears. If they glimpse this transgression, the ecstasy of thrall to his unyielding will, everything shatters. He risks plunging back into that lonely abyss, throne or no. And me? I ache to resist, even as surrender calls like a siren's vow.
What if giving in saves us both-or damns the crown we both hunger for?
A full-length royalty power-exchange MaleDom erotic romance featuring a defiant court intriguer and a dominant king.
