“One wedding. Two Archons. A deadly swap. Days before I was to wed the powerful Archon Brennon, my father and sister betrayed me. My engagement was annulled, my fiancé stolen, and my future destroyed. To clear the path for their sacred match, I was packaged off to marry a monster. My groom was Holden Carlisle-a crippled War God ravaged by dragonblood poison, left to rot in a silent, decaying manor. "You'll be a widow before the month ends," Kandace mocked, flashing her diamond bracelet. They thought they were throwing me into a grave. They had no idea who I really was. The soul within this body was no longer a helpless noblewoman, but a master surgeon and toxicologist back from another realm. I accepted the decree with a calm smile. But before I left, I spiked my sister's bridal cosmetics with a delayed, agonizing poison. Taking my silver needles, I walked straight into the dying general's dark domain. I will cure this fallen god. I will make him my absolute blade. And together, we will burn the McCarty empire to ashes.”