From global phenomenon C. S. Pacat comes the first in her critically acclaimed t
rilogywith a bonus story.
Damen is a warrior hero to his people, and the rightfu
l heir to the throne of Akielos. But when his half brother seizes power, Damen i
s captured, stripped of his identity, and sent to serve the prince of an enemy n
ation as a pleasure slave.
Beautiful, manipulative, and deadly, his new master,
Prince Laurent, epitomizes the worst of the court at Vere. But in the lethal pol
itical web of the Veretian court, nothing is as it seems, and when Damen finds h
imself caught up in a play for the throne, he must work together with Laurent to
survive and save his country.
For Damen, there is just one rule: never, ever re
veal his true identity. Because the one man Damen needs is the one man who has m
ore reason to hate him than anyone else
