Forced into an arranged marriage with the Central Empire’s all-powerful, terrifyingly lazy Crown Prince Valentino Vale, an orphaned Northern princess arrives at the Crimson Citadel expecting a death sentence. Instead of a rigid court, she finds a lavish, gothic world of absolute decadence, where her fierce, violent impulses don't land her in a cell—they completely infatuate her new husband, who gladly handles her political problems by cutting off heads just to keep himself entertained.