Wanna keep what's yours?You gotta be a little shameless. As a child, Gunner McKinny was given a choice.

Rule in Hell or serve in the human realm and protect his little brother. He doesn't regret the vows he made, but it'll be a cold day in hell-literally-before anyone controls him like that again.

Aside from his brother, he trusts no one. Most are terrified of him anyway.

Just how he likes it. Vero Cap grew up rejected by his own kind, but he has zero use for the damn fae.

His ability to disrupt technology was invaluable to the anarchists who raised him. He owes them everything for keeping him alive-except that loyalty didn't go both ways.

When a mission goes wrong, he's left behind. At the mercy of the High Guard, whose sole purpose is to defend this realm from creatures like him.

One horrific mistake leaves Vero facing lethal consequences, but he's spared by the demon who's become his jailer, and an uppity seelie, Jae, who hides his softness behind a gilded mask. Vero isn't into the whole military vibe of the Guard until he fights with them and falls in love.

Now he has a reason to stay. But none of them can escape their pasts, and when Jae ends up tangled in the web of the Golden Court, Gunner and Vero will stop at nothing to free him.

Even if it means making a deal. .

. with their very own nightmare.

. .