Warden of the Mist - Shrouded Keep

She thought she was hunting for the ghosts of the past... she never expected one to be hunting her. Elise Valen is an archaeologist, a woman who has dedicated her life to the silent, dusty language of the dead. She is more comfortable in a forgotten tomb than in the company of the living, seeking refuge in history to escape her own. But when a sudden, supernatural fog traps her alone atop a mountain in the crumbling Mist-Shrouded Keep, she finds herself face-to-face with a past that is very much alive.
He is Vren, the keep's warden. An ancient, primal being of mist and stone, he is more myth than man, and he has waited centuries for someone like her. He offers Elise a forbidden bargain: one night of complete surrender, and in return, he will show her the keep's most guarded, mind-blowing secrets. It is a terrifying, scandalous proposition, a descent into a world of raw power and dark desire she has only ever read about.
The keep is more than stone; it's a living entity, and it craves her. And its warden, a creature of profound loneliness and overwhelming power, is its gatekeeper. He offers her a thrilling taste of a past no mortal has ever witnessed, a chance to feel the pulse of history itself. But when the price is her body, her will, and her very soul, will she run from the darkness or surrender to it completely?