She hid his daughter from the throne for six years. His enemies just found her first.

Maelis fled the Obsidian Spire before her daughter's first breath, taking the one secret that could burn the kingdom of Nhaloria to the ground — Irielle isn't just hidden royal blood. She's a child who can hear a lie the moment it leaves someone's lips, and in a court built on oaths and bloodlines, a gift like that doesn't stay buried for long.

For six years, Maelis kept them small, quiet, and invisible in the fog-drowned streets of Mirelight Harbor. But the moment Irielle unravels a stranger's lie in the middle of a crowded market, something in the mist takes notice. Someone is watching. And there is only one place left to run — back to the man she swore she'd never face again.

Vaelor, Lycan King of Nhaloria, doesn't know he has a daughter. He doesn't know the woman who vanished from his court six years ago never stopped loving him. All he knows is that the fog just delivered two strangers to his gates — and one of them has his eyes.

Now Maelis has to survive the very palace she ran from, protect a daughter whose gift makes her a target for every enemy of the crown, and face the possessive, unyielding king who will do anything — burn any law, break any rule — to keep the family he never knew he was missing.