On the peaceful shores of Relin where men learn sea magic and women are expected to marry, Irin Skalil hopes to escape her fate of marriage and somehow learn the forbidden craft. With the help of her former bully who agrees to teach her magic in exchange for marriage she secretly learns the art of sea craft. When a terrifying invasion from Gareda, the enemy nation, leaves her world upside down she sacrifices all of her dreams to marry an enemy soldier in exchange for her grandmothers freedom and the freedom of her old bully turned friend. In this magical, mature twist of 'Beauty And The Beast' Irin slowly realizes not all is what it seems and can she trust her heart?