Drusus is the divine watcher and ruler of Jyterion. He has lived for ages, as expected of an immortal, forever young but never able to fall in love.Erinna is a young, anxious maiden who pushes her way into their cursed union. It started off toxic and resistant, but one thing sure led to another.Erinna bore Drusus' child and inflicted innocent women for generations with a hellish childbirth. If the child were to be an heir, the mother must die. Within two minutes of her death, the mother's corpse would transform into a rocky sculpture.Peace disappeared from Jyterion.Imagine a country without its god, with a curse they had no choice but to survive.It was only the beginning of the Corpse Sentence, anyway.Could Jyterion ever be the same again?

When a controversial statement from a young judge sends her carefully built career into chaos, the public brands her arrogant, prejudiced, and incapable of treating the poor fairly.With her position hanging in the balance, her powerful family needs a way to change the narrative before her name is permanently ruined. Then, an unlikely solution appears.A matchmaking app has been quietly connecting wealthy clients with ordinary people seeking financial opportunities.Though he is everything she would never have chosen, they strike a deal. For twelve months, he will become the perfect husband by her side, and she will provide the financial security his family desperately needs. They don't need love or affection.However, living under the same roof has a way of making rules complicated. The man she married for appearances begins becoming an unexpected part of her life.Besides, just a year is more than enough to change two lives forever.