In the ancient Empire of Valenor, where power is maintained with a firm hand and difficult decisions, the young Emperor Sevrius Valenor upholds a millennia-old kingdom. At his side, Laryssa Hellsen, heiress to the most powerful family after the Crown, returns after years of travel, awakening old feelings and challenging everything they once believed to be certain. Amid intrigue, alliances, and secrets, beneath the Crown nothing is as it seems... and some lies can be sweeter and more deceiving than anyone could ever imagine