Ydra has never believed in fate. For years, she has used her harem as a front, offering young men safety and stability while keeping the threat of love at bay. Then she meets Canus: the powerful, hot-headed Brutus prince. He is the handsomest man Ydra has ever seen, and for the first time, her want is undeniable. But when she invites him to her bed, he ruthlessly rejects her...
Canus has always thought the Brutus line to be cursed. Now adrift in Amarra, he is at war with himself - repelled by its strange customs while fighting his growing desire for the dangerously beautiful Ydra. To escape temptation, Canus takes his brother's place at Amarra's defensive borders, where the threat of invasion looms ever closer.
But no one can outrun destiny, and when Canus starts receiving bloody gifts from a sinister 'admirer', he has no choice but to request Ydra's help in unmasking them...
