When you come after a king, don’t miss . Every story has a villain. I’m hers . The monster under her bed. The shadow haunting her dreams and darkest fantasies. The man who’s bound her to him through marriage and sin. But with every punishing kiss that I steal from those lips, the deeper we fall. And as the secrets of our entwined past unravel, the more dangerous this game of ours becomes. Every story has a villain. Every story has an ending. For her, I’ll be both . Her monster. Her beginning, middle, and end. Her undoing . Ella ran from me once. It won’t ever happen again. Empire of Ash is book 2 of the two-part Cinder Duet. Burned Cinder should be read BEFORE this book. The completed duet is a standalone story and includes a HEA. This is a dark contemporary romance. Readers are advised to read the TW inside.