Pain provides clarity. Suffering builds strength. Mercy is a weakness.

Mardella believed the lessons etched into her skin and memory would prevent her from ever being captive to another again.

She was wrong.

After a disastrous encounter in her enchanted swamp, she finds herself in chains and her magic bound at the feet of her enemy. The gorgeous and imposing fae general demands she release his people from her curse, or he’ll happily kill her for her past crimes.

The only thing is, she isn’t the one poisoning the fae.

Roric doesn’t trust the witch or her denials. Her beauty is as diabolical as the pernicious flowers that adorn her home. The darkness poisoning his people originates from her cursed swamp and he’ll keep her close as he forces her to guide him through her treacherous waters. Once the curse is removed, he’ll rid the world of the dangerous creature.

Even if his twin soul whispers that the fearsome witch is his mate.