Princess Valerie marches into the fearsome fortress of Dragon King Therak as a political bride, offering herself as collateral to protect her vulnerable mortal homeland from total annihilation. What the dragon court does not know is that her royal elders placed a lethal poisoned dagger in her belongings with explicit commands to murder the monarch on their wedding bed.
Therak harbors his own dark secret: an ancient blood affliction compels him to consume her soul before the looming lunar eclipse or perish in agony. Yet as assassination plots explode around them, Therak repeatedly puts his body in harm's way to keep Valerie alive, forcing both sworn enemies to choose between ancient oaths and forbidden passion.
