To repay her family's debts, Lin Xia, a Chinese - Filipino girl, was forced to sign a one - year contract marriage with the mysterious wealthy man, Lu Chen. However, on their wedding night, she discovered that her cold - faced half - vampire husband was not only of the Eastern dragon lineage. The two were bound by the "soul empathy" ability and were reluctantly drawn into a century - old curse and a transnational conspiracy that spanned the East and the West.
From the undead obsessions in the Southeast Asian fishing villages, to the bloody deals of North American plutocrats; from the shamaness' god - descending dance, to the hidden transactions of exorcists; from the blood - moon sacrifices in the rainforest, to the life - and - death showdowns in the international court - Lin Xia grew from a "contract bride" to a "soul lawyer", and she and Lu Chen evolved from using each other to being dependent on each other for life and death.
When the truth of the curse is revealed, and when a dragon's heart is given as a betrothal gift and the tide serves as an oath, is their marriage just a contract?
