She was married off to a man whom everyone feared and with whom people preferred to have as little contact as possible, due to rumors of his terrible temper.

The daughter of a wealthy merchant, pure and slightly naïve, becomes the wife of Lord Ardenwood — a knight with a dark past and an uncertain future.

In the past, he burned down a monastery to avenge the death of his beloved, killing thousands in the process, and since then he has carried a curse that she does not yet know about.

Asher does not appear in mirrors; his skin is paler than any aristocrat’s. He no longer feels warmth, but he can sense the smell of blood flowing through veins. Every touch, every presence of the living, evokes in him both desire and pain.

With each passing night, he grows more attached to her, but the more she loves him, the closer she comes to the curse herself. One day, her heart may turn to stone, and she may become yet another beautiful and mysterious statue in his garden — if the curse is not broken.