Severed from the Legendborn. Oathbound to a monster.
Bree Matthews is alone. She’s cut her ties to the Order, broken from her ancestral legacy, and abandoned the friends who cannot understand the unbearable cost of her power. Isolation is the only way to keep them safe.
But safety comes at a price. Bree is now bound by an unbreakable bargain with the Shadow King—a shapeshifter who moves freely between the human world, the demon underworld, and the secret society she once called her own. In exchange for training her unmatched abilities, Bree has surrendered her future… and tied her fate to his.
Meanwhile, the Scions face their own collapse: the Round Table fractured, their leader missing, their Kingsmage gone. When Nick invokes an ancient law to force the High Council into session, the Regents must answer to him—and to the dangerous secrets he’s been keeping.
Kidnappings spread across the land. Merlins turn up dead. Shadows gather. And no matter how far Bree runs, one truth remains: the past always finds you.
