-A story of knights and castles, honor and treachery, kings and peasants, and love and revenge. A hate grows in the bosom of a powerless boy for those who abused him and denied him the very thing he deserved. Betrayed by the very people he trusted, but now on his own, he survives them and anyone who dares cross blades with him, expressing the rage and madness that consumes him. But things will turn to an unexpected road that once seemed impossible and will shed peace into his life. Finally someone will come to love him and give him what he has been looking for his whole life. But when events and people from his past come to haunt him, he has a decision to make and a lesson to learn. -A young woman, Christine Vandellé, travels one day at the wrong time and alone. She is attacked by five thieves along the road who try to kill her. While practically looking death straight in the eye, an unknown traveler on horseback rescues her single handedly with great skill. Her hero then runs off without a word. When she discovers him two years later, she finds him more mysterious than ever. She can see that he comes from a world of troubles, and she feels a yearning to help him. In doing so, she finds him more mysterious than she ever could have imagined, realizing that in this wounded warrior is a beautiful man who never had the chance to come out.