General Astrid Sinclair abandoned her blade to protect husband Chasel Grayson. Three years later, she returns bearing the cure, only to discover he has wed Roxy Durant. Stripped of her title and dignity, Astrid resolves to depart. However, new emperor Asher Bellamy exposes his hidden devotion. Her path transforms from abandoned wife to empress, turning her rise into a deadly reckoning that no traitor can survive.
