Sa'arre, the windswept city-state nestled deep within the Al’Tarrma Desert. Known as “The Desert Rose”, this is a metropolis where boundless greed gives way to limitless temptation and desire. Alric Valtor is hardly the type to be submissive. A successful merchant, he leads a commercial empire built on shrewd dealmaking and ruthless competition. And yet, on this pivotal night, something within him will be awakened. Beckoned forward by an ethereal, irresistible force in a lonely tavern, Alric finds himself willing to surrender everything for a taste of forbidden pleasure. A dark covenant is made. Life will never be the same.