With every bite of the Commander’s meals, Yelena grows more paranoid that this one is her last. After overhearing rumors of a plot to seize Ixia, she knows war is brewing. Meanwhile, Yelena is discovering a mysterious magic buried deep within her. With each new idea for escape, ensuing events are making it harder. That's not the only risk: the security chief fed her Butterfly’s Dust, a poison for which the antidote must be taken daily or else she will die. Willing to do anything not to be executed, Yelena chooses to become the Ixia commander’s food taster. The chief of security offers her a place to stay in the palace and free meals fit for a king, but there is a catch: Yelena takes the risk of being poisoned at any moment. Then, she is is given another chance at life, if. Locked away in the castle dungeon, Yelena has every right to believe she is about to be executed for murder.
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