When Henry dies, he's reborn as Petl in an alt world. And then he dies again, and again. He finds himself in the body of his sister Lisl, about to be proposed to by a traitor. Determined to stop it, (s)he proposes to the first man (s)he sees: Maleth Boderl, someone with whom he has a complicated history. And it's about to get even more complicated, because Lisl is smitten with him at first sight.