"Why should we trust you?" "Because I am your only hope of making it out alive." Locked in what seems like an eternal prison Maira is forced to chose between trying to figure her way out of the mines she had called home for four years or risk trusting Nathan, a guard from those very mines. In a near fatal breakout the pair find themselves running for their lives to escape the country filled with men trying to kill them. While they each have their fair share of secrets, it seems Nathan's are slowly catching up to him. "Welcome to my father's court, Your Highness." "It is a pleasure to be here." Crown Princess Luce is the heir to the throne of Grano, but her father's privy council would like to see her misplaced for someone else, particularly a male. Seeking help from Reginald, a Crown Prince from an allying country seems to cause things to take a turn for the worse. After an unfortunate death during a banquet the stakes are raised even higher for this untried ruler as she tries to keep her claim on the throne, root out an assassin, and discover what Reginald is hiding.