In the desolate northern kingdom, Amarion, a knight hardened by the relentless struggle against monsters, finds her life irrevocably changed by a sudden proposal. The suitor is none other than Grand Duke Mort, a man feared across the continent as the “Walking Death”.
Driven by the hope that his staggering dowry could finally sustain her starving people, she accepts his hand. But as the sun sets on their wedding night, she is met with a proposition so bizarre it defies all expectation.