He saved her life. She might be his destruction.Sasha was a fighter, a survivor-until the night bandits left her bleeding out in a dark forest. When Balk Tsarov finds her dying, the ancient vampire king makes a choice that will change both their fates: he transforms her into one of his kind, binding them together for eternity.But Sasha never asked to be saved. And she certainly never asked to be queen.For five hundred years, Balk has ruled Waichavia alone-a vampire who killed the tyrant king Dimitri Voronov and built a kingdom on the ashes of cruelty. He feeds only on the guilty. He dispenses justice with an iron hand. His people love him, even knowing what he is. But centuries of solitude have hollowed him out, and he made Sasha his queen out of desperate loneliness, not love.She should hate him. Some days, she does. But as Sasha learns to navigate vampire politics, master her bloodthirst, and rule beside a king who carries five centuries of guilt, something unexpected happens: she begins to understand him. To care for him. To see the man beneath the monster.Then the past returns with vengeance.King Dimitri didn't die five hundred years ago-he survived, transformed into a vampire, and has spent centuries plotting his revenge. Now he's raising an army of the undead, determined to reclaim his throne and destroy everything Balk has built. With war descending on Waichavia, Sasha and Balk must stand together against impossible odds.But victory demands sacrifice. And in a world where love is the greatest weakness, their bond might be exactly what Dimitri needs to tear them apart.