Human shrine priestess Nicole barely escapes the demon realm after a fateful night with a poisoned warlord, eventually giving birth to a sickly half-blood son. With her child requiring demonic essence to survive his failing vitality, Nicole reluctantly accepts an arranged diplomatic alliance to secure access to rare healing ingredients.
Shock arrives at the altar when her intended husband turns out to be Sutton, the very demon sovereign who sired her boy. Keeping her son's identity concealed to avoid court intrigue, Nicole must extract Sutton's royal essence while uncovering a sinister faction plotting cross-realm warfare.
