As a d'skeku trooper, Zaynah belongs to the emperor. Duty is everything. She's sworn to take her own life if she fails to achieve her mission. When demon brothers rescue her from the wreckage of her spacecraft, she faces a heartbreaking test. The rebel demons live to exact vengeance from the Emperor Prado. The hated royal ordered the murder of their brothers, sparing them only so they would take the blame for the heinous crime.