Renza Di Maineri is the leader of a realm on the brink of collapse. With time running out, she is forced to turn to the enigmatic Idris Patricelli.

But the arrival of Idris’s promised mercenaries unleashes death upon the city of Halice, exposing a traitor lurking within their innermost ranks. For the second time, Renza realizes that Idris may be the very man Fate has destined her to destroy, yet he is also the only one she can trust.

As chaos threatens to engulf her home, Renza finds herself drawn irresistibly closer to her soulhate. Can she walk the line between duty and desire to save the city she loves?