In a dark age where humanity has fallen and the Kurta reign supreme, feeble humans are reduced to sacrificial tributes to pacify enraged beasts. After witnessing her elder sister Martha abducted by nobles to be offered to the feral Autarch Xandor, young Rowan cuts her hair, disguises herself as a male slave, and willingly chains herself to enter the dreaded Kurta territory.
Within the rigid Kurta stronghold, a den of sexual servitude and butchery, Rowan evades persecution from the suspicious High Lord Ravenn, the sadistic Lord Zarvok, and the jealous blood servant Lady Zephira—all while guarding two fatal secrets: her true female identity and the sudden surges of the heat within her. A potent beast philter accidentally fuses into her bloodstream, awakening the ancient hallowed bloodline feared even by the Patriarch. She is Xandor’s one and only Fated Mate in a century.
When the Autarch flies into a feral rampage, Rowan is thrown into the Confinement Chamber as a disposable pawn. Torn between crippling terror and burning heat, she endures his brutal advance yet soothes his feral beast, uncovering the ancient taming command “Domha”.
As the Slave Presentation looms, her secret hangs by a thread. Ravenn and Zarvok scheme for the throne and hunt all bearers of the hallowed bloodline. Facing imminent exposure and Martha’s execution, Rowan refuses to be a helpless lamb. She will wield Domha and her own body to fully tame the mighty beast Autarch—and tear down this dark, tyrannical empire forever.
