I thought I’d crossed into the afterlife, until a beautiful, terrifying creature dragged me back…and claimed me as his. Vera My family used me as a pawn, then condemned me to die for their ambitions. Even my execution failed me. When I wake, I’m no longer in my world. The first thing I see is a monster watching me like I belong to him. He is serpent and man, brutal and beautiful, and I can’t look away. His touch burns with something ancient, and suddenly I understand him. He calls me his fated mate. But I’ve never belonged anywhere. Why would fate choose me? His own kind hunt us. His queen, his mother, would see me dead before she lets me claim him. For the first time, I have something worth fighting for, a place, a bond, a future. And I won’t let them tear me from my mate. Zathar Cast out by my clan, by my own mother, the Queen, I am nothing. Until the heavens split open and deliver my mate to me. She is soft where I am hard, warm where I am cold, mine in every way that matters. I will bleed, shatter, or burn the world to ash before I lose her. The clans will rise against us. My mother will not yield. But I have walked alone long enough. Now I only have to convince my mate that what binds us is stronger than fear…stronger than fate itself. This standalone novel begins the Serpents of Serant series, a steamy portal romantasy with a hidden sci-fi twist (a fallen star that is not what it seems). Inside you’ll find: A barbaric, outcast Naga prince - A human woman cast aside by her own kind - Fated mates with a touch-triggered bond - Warring clans and a ruthless queen mother - Found family among lost women and their monstrous mates - Forced proximity, danger, and devotion Expect heat, tension, and a fiercely fought happily ever after.