Branded a demon as a child, Cassandra spent years burying her锋芒 behind the mask of a compliant noble wife. That mask shatters the moment Aurelius returns from the border with another woman, and she sees the murder plot aimed at her. Painted as jealous and insane, she does the one thing they never expect: demand a public trial. As the nobles gather for her supposed disgrace, the real reckoning begins.