To kill a god, she must become a monster. As a Warden, Vespera's veins are filled with the magic of life, a power that the King of Valoria so desperately craves. She watched him drag her family into the dark and she knows exactly what happens to people like her in the Ebon Spire. They are not guests, but livestock. Spared only because her magic is not yet ripe for the harvest, Vespera is a prisoner in a gilded cage, counting down the days until the King returns to finish the meal. Her only tether to sanity is Liam. Kind, loyal, and brave, he is the only person in the palace who remembers she is a girl, not a sacrifice. He is the shield standing between her and the dark, the one person she would trust with her life. But Liam cannot protect her from Prince Elowen. The King's son. The Prince of Deceit. He wears his father's cruel smile and watches Vespera with a calculation that makes her blood run cold. To Vespera, he is just another monster waiting for his turn to feed. But in a court built on lies, Elowen offers her a weapon Liam never could: The truth. As the harvest moon rises, Vespera realises that in the Spire, safety is an illusion. To survive the King, she may have to trust the Prince who hates her... and fear the ones who claim to love her. The King wants her blood. The Rebel wants to save her. But the Prince is the only one who can set her free.