Julia Cornelius was tortured to death by her family for a crime she never committed—only to wake up on the morning of her coming-of-age ceremony. This time, she shreds her gown, slaps her brother, forces her fiancé to swear off her family's women, and kneels before the Emperor to become a Vestal Priestess, free from her family's power. Using her mother's amulet, which hides a healing spring, she saves Rome from a plague and becomes the city's savior.
