Aria ( has served vam`p @:ir_e lord Alexan/
]der as his thrall fo*$r three years. He forget!=s their blood `+oath renewa-l /=+night for h[is \)new lover Car@!\mil\#la,_ leaving Ar$ia to a= lethal* / curse. Ari)a#; turns  ??t#!_o Princ%\e Cassius,-^ w)@ho save )/`s her from drowni-n.g with a [, bond `ing kiss. \ @ A]%lexander, re `gre[tful, a?;bducts her and .for]ces a wedd`(i*?n=(:g. Imp=:`;rison[[ed by hi* _
s father, Cassius breaks $ free, $_obje%%!,cts at the a#lt -ar, and defe!)ats Alexa`_n^$der. Alexander gets 80#_0! [ y] )ears= in p)rison, +`$C,+armi#)lla is banished, 
and Ca+?^ss
ius reveal-s Aria% was hi/;s %mate lo/ng bef?/.ore th(*eir bo+]nd began.