15 parts Complete Second in the Blessed Princess Series: A princess' expected delicacy. That was the gift that Andromeda's godmother gave to her on her name day. It caused her endless pain, made her weak, and it trapped her away from the world. Though that had never been so literal before. Her elder sister, determined to keep her safe from harm, has forbidden Andromeda from leaving her tower any longer.
However, her tower can't protect her when her kingdom comes under attack. Meanwhile, her parents have found a man to betroth her to, her sisters have begun keeping secrets to protect her, and Vasili Xenos has returned to begin his hunt again.
Following after him, from the barbaric south, is the warrior Nero. When he finds a magic tinderbox that allows him to summon a massive hound to do his bidding, his curiosity bids him to call forth the princess of the copper tower. Now bewitched by her beauty and ferocity, he wants to help protect her kingdom from this new threat while hunting down the murderer he has come to kill. Will they succeed, or will they wind up as Vasili Xenos's next victims?
