For years Viren was Lord Lothian's blood servant by day and his lover by night. Now the heir of the Vanir clan is engaged to a pure-blood noble, and Viren is thrown out of the castle like trash — mocked by the other servants as an orphan from the Unclaimed Lands. Drained of his heart's blood, he learns he was never the only one drinking it. With help from Dr. Thorne, the one friend he trusts, he takes a potion that will make him look dead at the Grand Duke's banquet. But Lothian has no intention of letting him go.