Olivia spends years nursing Adam, an abandoned serpent shapeshifter, back to health, only to be left to burn when a sudden fire traps both her and her favored sister Chloe. Reawakening in the past on the exact morning the household assigns guardian beasts, Olivia refuses to repeat her fatal devotion, willingly passing both serpent protectors to her spoiled sibling.
Anticipating her family’s recurring treachery, Olivia feigns her demise during an orchestrated abduction to ally with Jason Astor, the feared Serpent King and her clan’s most formidable rival. Wielding corporate savvy and clandestine knowledge from her previous life, she dismantles her relatives' empire. When a remorseful Adam seeks redemption, he discovers Olivia has become untouchable royalty.
