Would you betray your kingdom for your soulmate?

Shapeshifter Theodori Hunter Wolfborn must conquer the kingdom of Siacchi to prove his worth. To do so, he kidnaps a man known for his strategic genius – a champion in the much-revered and ancient game of dominance and submission, Cesse. A man who will help Theo secure a clean, bloodless victory.

Only, Theo has kidnapped the wrong person.

Luka Lockehart, renowned Cesse player, has trained all his life to hide his stigmatized abilities to shapeshift, guided by the unwavering hand of his mother. He never expected he would have to put his training into practice when he is kidnapped by a northern warlord – and he certainly didn't expect to find this man – this monster – so attractive. Now he must hide his feelings and his identity, for if Theo finds out that he is not the man he says he is, it is not only Luka's life that is forfeit, but his entire country.

Luka and Theo are locked in a deadly game. As the secrets between them only continue to grow, so does the unmistakable pull they feel toward each other, even when such feelings might very well ruin all they've ever hoped to achieve.

Something has to break. It will be their kingdoms – or their hearts.

FROM CAPTIVE TO CONSORT.

Luka Lockehart, reeling with betrayal and ignorant to the fact that he and Theo are mates, is stuck with his captor. He has less than a year to secure the powerful allies he needs to return to the city that betrayed him and to save his brother's life.

FROM WARLORD TO EXILE.

Shapeshifter Theodori Hunter Wolfborn and his once-captive turned reluctant ally, Luka Lockehart, have escaped the disaster of Cesscounthe. Theo, desperate to recover his title, needs allies just as badly as Luka. Together, they flee to the place their enemies will least suspect: to the kingdom of Balivartia, home of the demon princes and Theo's greatest enemy, the Snake of the South. There, Luka's previous connections should gain them favor – assuming Theo's reputation as a war lord doesn't ruin everything.

Things go south. Quickly. When Theo is captured, Luka realizes that the only way to gain the allies he needs is to seduce his way into the palace of the Snake of the South himself, competing to be the new king's potential consort – but at the cost of Theo.

Why choose love when you can have power?