Within hours of her father's death, Princess Emalia of Eruta is banished by her half-sister Queen Maika to live in the farthest reaches of their galaxy, the dark planet of Arkania, Eruta's oldest enemy and so shrouded in mystery it's referred to as the Netherworld.
Sheltered since she was born and always fed dark stories of the Netherworld, Emalia goes to Arkania believing she's going to be imprisoned or killed, and prepares to bargain for her life.
Instead, she is treated with kindness but will be forced to marry one of the Queen of Arkania's sons, the fair-haired, charming Berik or the dark and brooding Crown Prince Valik, who initially dislikes her and all Erutans for years of perceived slights.
Emalia is made to wait for strange rituals and gifts as the two enormous Princes, who dwarf her in size try to woo her
