Queen Valeria commands the immortal Night Court with regal grace until an orchestrated coup strips away her ancestral sovereignty. Her ambitious consort Lucien and duplicitous sister Seraphina forge a dark alliance, draining Valeria's supernatural powers before chaining her inside a sun-drenched execution tower. Left to wither into ash, Valeria survives only because an elite human vampire hunter breaches the fortress.
Adrian rescues the ruined sovereign, offering sanctuary in exchange for a binding blood contract that binds mortal and immortal flesh together. Fueling her frozen veins on hunter essence, Valeria rebuilds her shattered vitality in the shadows. She marches back to reclaim her obsidian throne, intent on executing Lucien and dragging Seraphina before the supreme tribunal.
