She was chosen as a sacrifice. He was feared as a monster. Neither of them expected to become the north's last hope. Vivia Briar was never meant to survive Gloomreach. Sent as a bride tribute to the cursed lord known as the Black Wolf, she expected blood, terror, and a grave beneath the fortress walls. Instead, she found Drystan Blackthorne-a man chained to an ancient curse, haunted by dead brides, and trapped inside a legacy built on hunger, vows, and lies.
She was chosen as a sacrifice. He was feared as a monster. Neither of them expected to become the north's last hope. Vivia Briar was never meant to survive Gloomreach. Sent as a bride tribute to the cursed lord known as the Black Wolf, she expected blood, terror, and a grave beneath the fortress walls. Instead, she found Drystan Blackthorne-a man chained to an ancient curse, haunted by dead brides, and trapped inside a legacy built on hunger, vows, and lies.