Serena is an icy billionaire, who hates feelings emotional. Zavien is a fiery third son and likes to challenge one's patience. How can they manage arranged marriage, especially one built on hatred and feelings of revenge?

Emperor Erwin Faysan is in a precarious situation in his empire, Luisar. His court is politically divided and the only way to stay alive is to show his subjects that he was strong, reliable, and could not be messed with. What can he do when each courtesan has their own motives and final goals? It is simple: get married. Freya Mysen is the only daughter of Hista and at the age of twenty-one, she thought no one would be willing to marry her – all because she has been rejecting the affections of a foreign prince. What will happen when she is chosen as a bride for the Erwin? Will that be a solution to her problems? Or will she drown in waters that threaten to take her life? Will Freya and Erwin even fall in love? Even after their disastrous wedding night?