Velisara, sovereign of the Crimson Rose, rose from the ashes of a fallen empire — and from the agony of her own transformation into the Vyrmaal. Immortal, merciless, and unyielding, she rules her Nest with a will of iron and a brutal kind of mercy, defying the stagnant traditions of the Crimson Court at every turn. But rebellion brews in the shadows. A rising force of Veydrathi hybrids, led by the defiant Kharion, threatens to unravel the world she reforged. The old guard conspires in silence. To hold what she has built, Velisara must weave treacherous alliances, make impossible claims, and confront desires too fierce to deny. Bound by fate to powerful men — enemies, allies, monsters, and lovers — she walks a knife’s edge between control and surrender. Each desires a place at her side… but none are willing to share her crown — or her heart. In a realm where sunlight burns, power bleeds, and passion is a deadly game, Velisara is both sovereign and siren — the flame they crawl to when all else fails, the law whispered in fear across the dark. But the fire she commands is not so easily tamed. And if she cannot master the beasts of ambition and longing that circle her throne, the inferno she ignited may devour her empire… and everyone she dares to claim. War watches from the shadows. And it has not yet dared to breathe.