Three weddings. Three funerals. And a triple widow with a terrible curse.

Alessa was chosen by the gods to protect her people. However, she received a cruel gift in the wine, which complicates the whole situation. To achieve power, she needs a partner with magical talent, whose power she could draw on and multiply. Unfortunately, however, he mercilessly kills his potential mates with a mere touch. And until he meets the right companion, he will keep killing them. But how will he find out who the real one is when he can't even briefly touch him?

At the age of eighteen, Alessa becomes a widow for the third time. And people are running out of patience. As a rebellion simmers outside the Citadel's gates, her own soldiers turn against her. A desperate Alessa, fearing for her life, forces a reluctant street outcast, Dante, to become her bodyguard. However, Dante harbors dangerous secrets of his own. Could he be the one to help Alessa master her gift? Or, on the contrary, will it become her undoing?