Aelie can break runes with her bare hands - magic the fae built their entire world on. When she's sentenced to die, she shatters the rune enslaving Kairos, a fae executioner with a blood-soaked past. Now bound to the ruthless king she freed, Aelie must navigate deadly fae politics, master her forbidden power, and resist the fae who sees her as his greatest weapon and darkest obsession.