Mara spends years mastering medicinal arts, only to suffer brutal betrayal when her royal betrothed casts her aside on what should be their wedding day. Forced to serve as a sacrificial death bride to Ronan, the fallen king of a neighboring realm, she gets sealed alive within a subterranean stone tomb.
Inside the darkness, Mara uncovers a shocking secret: Ronan breathes, having feigned death to outmaneuver court conspirators. Forging a blood alliance in the shadows, the exiled monarch and his brilliant healer claw their way out of the earth, launching a lethal campaign to overthrow their corrupt kingdoms.
