Burned by her wolf fiancé's public betrayal, lowborn Cat Clan girl Clara is pulled from the arena by Silas—the feared Leopard King, and the father of her only friend, Celia. What begins as shelter twists into a forbidden pull neither can deny.
When war reaches the front, Clara follows him into the Abyss, where Silas slays the Dragon King and the traitor who hunted her; in his true beast form he spares her and seals the Mate Bond—the first he has ever given a woman. But becoming his fated Queen means facing the daughter who adores him, and the sudden return of the mother who abandoned them both.
