A queen awakened. An empire forged in vengeance. A final war that will leave only one realm standing.

Six months after Kazimir tried to kill her, Izidora wakes from the void between life and death with one desire burning hot: revenge.

Yet the world she returns to is not the one she left behind. While she slept, Ruslan united the Iron, Crystal, and Day Realms beneath a single banner, building the Északi Empire in her name. And across the mountains, the Night Realm prepares for war under the rule of the male who once saved Izidora.

But she is no longer the princess who was chained in a cave.

Where light once lived inside her, darkness now reigns. As Ruslan helps her train, fight, and master the intoxicating power growing beneath her skin, Izidora sheds every fragile piece of the girl others tried to break. She is an insidious bloom, and her thorns are finally sharp enough to draw blood.

Ruslan will do anything to protect his mate, including forging a dangerous alliance with the man he hates.

Because no one touches Izidora and lives.

Especially Kazimir.

As the final battle looms, Izidora must decide what freedom truly means: mercy, vengeance, or becoming powerful enough that no male, king, or prophecy can ever cage her again.

Only one side will survive the war for Északi.

And Izidora is done being the one who hurts.