Serena endures half a decade of aristocratic condescension as the hybrid consort of Duke Adrian. On their milestone anniversary, she uncovers Adrian's affair with her personal attendant, alongside medical proof that the mistress carries a fatal toxic contagion. Rather than engaging in petty squabbles, Serena plans a clean exit from high society.
At a high-stakes auction, Adrian spitefully shatters the sole available antidote to spite Serena, unaware that the mistress has already passed the lethal contagion into his veins. Serena drops official divorce writs, walks out beside the legendary Wolf King Kael, and awakens an ancient silver bloodline that holds the only cure her dying ex-husband will ever beg for.
