Betrayed by the wolf-shifters she loved, Aria returns from death with a new choice: Lucien, the continent's feared serpent emperor. The world expects her to be devoured by the hated outcast, but instead she becomes the center of his absolute obsession. While her family falls apart and the men who abandoned her crawl back for forgiveness, Aria turns ruin into a throne and rises at Lucien's side. — Bound to the abyss, she leaves her betrayers no place to hide.