She was sent to be a political pawn, a "Waste Princess" traded to a barbarian king to secure a fragile peace. But her true mission is a secret one: to uncover the mystery of her mother's treasonous disappearance, a truth entwined with the king's cursed bloodline and an ancient, encroaching evil. The price of peace is a lie, but the price of truth might be their souls. For a fated bond etched onto their wrists promises to either unite their warring worlds… or shatter them completely.