A story from the Blood and Snow world. Half gargoyle and half human, Cole is transported from the human realm into one ruled by gargoyles. Captured, he’s brought before the Emperor who casts him into a dungeon. There’s another down there with him. A young woman named Mara. Their mutual suffering and captivity leads to friendship, which might become more. But first Cole needs to find a way out. And then he needs to convince his biological father that he wants nothing to do with his birthright.