General Astrid Sinclair gave up her sword to save her husband, Chasel Grayson. Three years later, she returns with the cure—only to find him wed to another woman, Roxy Durant. Stripped of her title and dignity, Astrid walks away. But when the new emperor Asher Bellamy reveals his long-hidden devotion, her journey from abandoned wife to sovereign Empress only made her stronger. None of her betrayers will survive.