Forbidden love. Untouchable… King Noeh wants to live his single life, fight his enemy, and honor his goddess by winning the war over Earth’s most precious resource—water. Bonding to a female shifter is not part of the plan, not until his goddess insists he take a queen by the next full moon or lose his crown. When he rescues a beautiful female from the enemy’s grasp a forbidden attraction blooms, and he must decide between his kingdom and his heart. Melissa hunts for a new place she can call home, one far away from her controlling master, the one who vowed to make her his concubine. Captured by the enemy and tortured to near death, she’s rescued by a brooding, handsome king. When her master shows up at the king’s underground Keep the tension escalates, and even as she struggles to keep the honorable king at arms length, she can’t ignore the compelling desire he ignites in her soul.