Solene, the Phoenix heir, was betrayed and had her heart ripped out by the Peacock Prince, Lucian, in her past life. Reborn on the mating choice day, Lucian publicly humiliates her for the "tea sparrow" Wren, proposing Solene be his concubine. Solene decisively dumps the trash prince and chooses Kael, a man mocked as a "lowly black snake." On the Storm Trial, without Solene's blessing, Lucian and Wren are horribly disfigured and ruined by the backlash. Meanwhile, with Solene's help, Kael survive
