“Run from me, Little One,” Kael said, voice low and lethal, “and I’ll haul you back, strip you bare, and bend you over my throne. I’ll spank you until you scream my name—until every star in the sky knows exactly who you belong to.”
When her brother is sentenced to die for trespassing into fae territory, Elara Wynn strikes a deal with the most feared male in the realm—Kael Ravaryn, the High Lord of the Night Court.
Seven years as his bride.
In name only, she insists.
In exchange for her brother’s life.
But the Night Court is not a place for innocence, and Kael is not a male who takes what’s offered—he takes what he wants. And the longer Elara wears his ring, the more she realizes she was never meant to survive him.
He didn’t want a bride.
He wanted her bound to him—body, soul, and will.
And if she dares to run...