She approached the Snake King with one harmless goal: teach him how to flirt. But the lesson turns into a dangerous bond when he marks her as his mate and takes her to his underground nest. He says she lied, that she once broke a promise she doesn’t remember making. When his fangs graze her neck, buried memories surface—he had rescued a little girl in the jungle years ago, and that girl was her. To survive, she must convince him she’s no liar, or surrender to the monster who loves her.