Sometimes you have to bite the hand that feeds you.
Lorena Adler has a secretshe holds the power of the banished gods, the Noble and the Vile, inside her. She has hidden her entire lifeboth from the world and from her past. Shes content to spend her days as an undertaker in a small town, marry her best friend, Julian, and live an unfulfilling life so long as no one uncovers her true nature.
But when the notoriously bloodthirsty crown prince comes to arrest Julians father, he immediately recognizes Lorena for what she is. So she makes a deala fair trial for her betrotheds father in exchange for her service to the crown.
The prince is desperate for her help. Hes spent years trying to repair the weakening Door that holds back the Vile
and hes losing the battle. As Lorena learns more about the Door and the horrifying price it takes to keep it closed, shell have to embrace both parts of herself to survive.
