In a plague-ravaged duchy, Lord Elian must convince Damien Chamberlin to offer and accept his hand in marriage before their engagement ball on the night of the first blood moon of the century. This union could save his people and his younger sister, who has been in a coma for nearly two months. Damien rarely appears, sending doll-like servants, but Elian soon discovers he is not the monster he feared—beautiful, strange, and hiding something… familiar. Bound by duty yet drawn to each other, Elian must choose between love or the lies he tells himself.