Lyssa Hael

He bound a siren to build an empire. He never asked who she belonged to before him.

Five years ago, Evie Creed escaped the Sea Cities, leaving behind a broken family, a broken heart, and a world that considered her very existence an abomination. In Hollow City, she finally built something of her own.

Freedom.

Then Lior summons her.

Half witch, half demon, and entirely too ambitious, Lior is tired of being overlooked by the powerful families who control Hollow City's underground. When he discovers a forbidden ritual capable of binding a siren to him, Evie becomes his key to everything he's ever wanted.

Money. Influence. Desire. Power.

Her magic can make others want whatever Lior commands—and the bond between them ensures Evie can't simply walk away.

But her magic isn't the cruelest part of the curse.

Her heart is bound to him too.

Lior knows exactly what she feels, and he delights in exploiting it, parading other women before her while using her power to claw his way into Hollow City's most exclusive circles.

So Evie changes the game.

If Lior wants an empire, she'll help him build one. Because the higher he climbs, the closer she gets to someone powerful enough to break the bond between them.

There's only one problem.

Neither of them considered what would happen when word reached the Sea Cities that Evie Creed had been bound against her will.

Or what the Kraken King would do when he learned who was holding her chains.