Kaliera, the beloved queen of Ancient Greece, now faces her conqueror. Her kingdom has fallen, her army is defeated, and the invader stands naked before her in her own bedchamber. Though stripped and cornered, she refuses to show the fear that chills her blood. With her back against the headboard and a warm, threatening pressure against her knee, she musters every ounce of royal defiance. "No! Don't do this, you beast!" she warns, her voice a desperate command. But the war is over, and the rules have changed. Can her pride protect her from the brutal new reality?