Henriette de Montrevaux was raised to be obedient, pious, and pure, a daughter destined to be sacrificed in a marriage she never desired. With her future sealed and her freedom slipping away, she makes a reckless proposal to the most dangerous man in the empire: the Crown Prince Augustus von Vahlengrave. But a man who has survived a lifetime of betrayal does not believe in innocent intentions. And Henriette may soon discover that escaping one cage only means stepping into another.