Ertha Arlez is an impoverished purifier looking to provide for her family. Duke Zahid El Callenor is a wealthy and powerful magician looking to cleanse his evil energy. The two seem like a perfect match... except that Zahid is fated to eat Ertha alive! Ertha must keep the duke at arm's length for her own protection, but the intimate purification process combined with Zahid's nonstop flirting make that nearly impossible. Can she stave him off and stay alive, or will she be consumed by passion?