The third book in the Red Flower cycle. The old wounds in Odiffe's heart did not heal. Time did not help either - fifteen long years. And already new enemies, like a cobra, raise their heads, baring their poisonous teeth. A new struggle for the throne, in which the stake is no less than life. No one can be trusted, neither enemies nor friends. Those closest to you betray first. So many reasons to become a beast, so little human. Who will win - demon or human? Queen or mistress? Woman or mother?