Longbourn has fallen. Amidst the smoke and ruin, I am no longer a princess in hiding - I am a prize.Jarl Andre Thee, a warlord carved from ice and iron, claims me not for my crown, but for his bed. He is a beast of the north, a predator who demands total submission. I should hate him. I should let him bleed out when his rivals strike him down. Instead, my trembling hands tend to his wounds. Within the furs of his tent, the lines between captive and conqueror blur. His touch ignites a fever I cannot deny, and his dominance shatters my defenses. But I carry a secret that could cost us both our lives. When the truth of my lineage is revealed, I must make a terrifying choice: the safety of my people, or the savage love of the man who brought my kingdom to its knees.