I swear on my sword that I will end you. The words were spoken as a feverish vow, a soul-binding oath from the mouth of Cwen Sable fra Lorcan. Kidnapped from her own realm and unwillingly installed as queen of an enemy country in order to save her own nation, the cwen must endure a marriage pact with the hated tyrannical Prince Tomaz as he seeks to gain the greater throne. Challenges abound as she grapples with adapting to a profoundly different culture, forming unexpected alliances while struggling to maintain rule in her native land despite the prince's interference and control. As she counts down the days to freedom from the pact with her future uncertain in a political balancing act, she is torn between returning home in triumph or losing everything.