She was born to rule. He was born to survive. Together, they'll burn the world down. Isolde Ravenshade never asked to be queen—or to carry magic so dangerous it could crack reality itself. Raised as a weapon inside Blackspire Keep's obsidian walls, she's spent three years hiding from a throne she's terrified to claim. One mistake. One death. One moment of lost control, and the world branded her a monster. Robert Thornvale survives by stealing from people who'd kill him without blinking. Shackled by cursed silver and a blood-debt he can never repay, he takes one final job that promises freedom: break into the Keep, steal a royal relic, disappear forever. He doesn't expect the queen herself to hunt him down. She doesn't expect to need him alive. When conspiracy threatens to destroy them both, Isolde makes a ruthless choice—she abducts the thief who tried to ruin her. But Robert sees past her crown and her reputation. He sees a woman starving for something she was never allowed to want: choice. As enemies close in and coronation day approaches, they must decide: run and stay broken, or stand together and risk everything. For fans of dark paranormal romance where queens don't kneel and wolves don't beg—this is their reckoning.