THEY BURNED OUR SANCTUARY. NOW WE BURN THEIR KINGDOM. The girl who stained her fingers with charcoal and dreamt of escape is dead. She was buried under the rubble of a shattered fortress, amidst the bodies of traitors. The woman who rose from the dust is someone else entirely. I am Anya Volkov now. And I am done being a pawn. Mikhail Volkov took me as a debt payment, a beautiful object to be locked away in his concrete cage. He thought he could break me into submission. But when the walls came down and the bullets flew, he didn't shield a prisoner—he shielded his queen. We survived the betrayal that was meant to end us, but the war has only just begun. The enemy is still watching, hidden deep within the organization. Mikhail promised to burn the world to ash for what they did to us. I'm not just going to watch him do it. I'm going to hand him the matches. We are no longer fighting each other. We are fighting for the blood on our hands, for the dark devotion forged in the ruins, and for a legacy built on vengeance. ★★★★★ "I literally forgot to breathe. The shift in power dynamics? Chef's kiss. Seeing Anya step into her power alongside Mikhail after that explosive ending was everything I didn't know I needed. This isn't just a romance; it's a warpath." – Kindle Reviewer Book 2 of 3 in Royal Debt Series. Reading Order: Crown of Shadows, Crown of Chaos and Crown of Vengeance.