Nemar Jhan, a necromancer and Lord Warden of the Assembly of Five Cities agrees to a marriage alliance with Teren Kelfin, the princess of the Kingdom of Sewen. Unfortunately, she doesn't want to be wedded to him. Her twin brother makes a risky attempt to save his sister from marrying a pagan by disguising himself as Teren and assassinating the necromancer on his wedding night. This does not go well for him for the following reasons: 1. Jhan is immortal and can't be killed. 2. Jhan informs his would-be assassin that he intends to honor the marriage alliance's terms and conditions Caris finds himself in the awkward predicament of confronting his biases. (And being technically married to someone he tried to assassinate.) Meanwhile, Teren is haunted by strange dreams of another place and time. LGBT serial. The first six chapters are available on my WordPress blog. You can check there for updates, excerpts and worldbuilding details.