In the heart within the desert, Nadia Al-Sahir has lived her life as a jewel in a gilded cage beneath shifting sands and broken temples. She is fierce, with voluptuous, coupled with tired of being told her worth, so she dares to claim freedom. She happens upon the mask, and also that mask hums from ancient power. Kaelith then awakens by her soft touch. He is bound up in linen and in glyphs and is damned for an eternity without any love. His hunger is of a monstrous nature his touch like shadow and like fire. Fate blazes instead of murmuring as their lives change. Nadia and Kaelith, drawn together by a curse older than empires, must battle their own fears in addition to cults plus priestesses to claim love freely given, something that neither believes to be possible. About one woman’s choice, when masks bleed magic and curses bleed into reality in the wake of the Midnight Masquerade, could untangle chains that have lasted centuries.