She was the royal family’s dirty secret—a bastard sold as a sacrifice to a crippled prince. But on their wedding night, the man the world called impotent proved he was anything but broken. His limp was a lie. His hunger was real. As the court plots to bury him, she becomes his only ally—and his most dangerous obsession. In a world of power, betrayal, and forbidden desire, the sacrifice learns to wear the crown.
