A young woman brutally torn from her family must make the ultimate choice. Serve as a mistress to a hated warlord or become the plaything of a lifelong enemy? Forced to do the unthinkable, Svella chooses to survive by becoming one of warlord Vandil’s favorites. Shunned by the other women who both inhabit the castle and share their ruler’s bed for her choice to willingly embrace Vandil, Svella turns to her lover for protection. When Vandil is murdered, Svella realizes she not only has a chance at freedom - she has a chance to change the course of their history forever. Bloody battles, heartless calculations and an alliance that is sealed in blood and love bring the country’s first queen to power - but can she keep it?