Selene grows up branded a curse, cast out by her clan, and left to carry their disgrace alone. On the day she is meant to come of age, the people she trusts most turn on her and sacrifice her to a dragon. Yet death never takes her.
Instead, Hades—the feared fallen god—descends, rescues her, and locks her away in his dark fortress. He is merciless, possessive, and impossible to defy, and Selene believes her nightmare has only changed shape.
Then her mysterious power begins to awaken, and each time it does, Hades pays the price in secret. As revenge, forbidden desire, ancient curses, and a war closing in around them collide, Selene discovers the truth: she was never cursed at all, but the vessel of a forgotten goddess. And the one protecting her has been Hades all along.
When their connection is revealed to be fatal, she must choose between her own survival and the fallen god she cannot stop loving.