Lilith Clawthorne is seventeen when she curses her sister to gain an advantage in a duel and join the Emperor's Coven. Within a year of joining the coven, Emperor Belos asks Lilith for her hand in marriage. With the promise that he will undo her sister's curse, Lilith accepts. Now Lilith must live ones step ahead of her sadistic husband as tensions rise in the Boiling Isles.

After spending her entire adult life committed to her role as head of the Emperor's Coven, Lilith Clawthorne accepts an additional position as head of the history department and student mentor at Hexside. On the first day, she is startled to find her estranged sister, Edalyn Clawthorne, enrolling a child she has never met. Between reconnecting with her sister and meeting her appren