Prince Ahrkyn wanted only to serve his people. As a member of the Royal guard, his only true goal was to keep his family and residents of his region safe.

Until Mother Universe gives him a brief glimpse of his future in the form of beautiful brown eyes.

An obsession begins until he finds himself wandering the woods in search of the source of this vision.

While he'd fought the urge to Claim a woman or sire an heir, he could now think of nothing more in life than to make Freyda his.

Until he learns she is the stepdaughter of his people's greatest enemy.

Princess Freyda wanted freedom, freedom from her gilded cage, freedom from her dictator stepfather, and freedom from the future he had planned for her.

She never dreamed her attempt to flee her region would send her into the arms of a man her heart and soul immediately called home.

As the stepdaughter of the Emperor, she has always been expected to obey. And when she runs into the arms of the enemy, her stepfather is determined to make her bend to his will using any means possible.

Now, they both have to pray to Mother Universe that Prince Ahrkyn and his guards will get to her side before she is broken - mentally, emotionally, and physically.