For centuries the Oceanic Empire has been at war with the Farlands—the brutal vampiric empire. A chance at peace arises when the vampire queen proposes a marriage treaty between her son and the human princess of the Oceanic Empire.
Prince Ares is as handsome as he is cruel—certain to be as bloodthirsty of a ruler as his mother. Princess Ophelia is beautiful, but selfish, and her father’s most prized possession. A marriage between the two would merge the two powerful empires into one, once and for all.
However, Princess Ophelia isn’t going to marry Ares—Veliah is. A servant of the princess, Vel is forced to conceal her identity and marry the prince. If she doesn’t, her father will die. But how can she keep up the façade and kill the prince when the world as she knows it might be built on lies?