The family The Tredival family is famous, they raise brides and concubines as per the customer's request for suitable payment. But what happens if one of their investors die? Adaptive as they are, they come up with a new customer, an alternate education plan and a teacher to go get the results. Akio Raised as a member of the influential Tredival family, her life path was set for her. In her case, an influential politician sought a pretty, submissive, naive, but presentably educated wife. Dutifully she obeyed until an overheard conversation changed her view of the world. The more she sought to learn, the more she felt a need to make a decision of her own. But taking on the Family is not a trivial option, so she studied her fiance to escape her family and demise. Until he died and a new target was set for her. Now she needs to devise a new plan, and learn all she can about her new fiance and the teacher that came to adjust her learning course, for he harbors secrets that can ruin everything she fights for. Can she save herself and her young brother or will she break into the mold to the Tredivals? Paikea Entering the ranks of the Tredivals was a task he took on, a dangerous plan he devised to reach his goal. Aiko however is more then he expected putting him a difficult position. Will he come away unscathed from the encounter? Will he live up to the name he must keep secret from his employers or will he for the first time in his life fail.

Priya is a survivor. She survived a fire, that burnt down her home, but she it didn't leave her unscathed. It left her with a fire burn at her temple, and a memory of man that keeps hunting her dreams. A memory none believes and that earned her years of therapy. She learned to say the things that are required and smile when required. Maybe if she tells them often enough, it'll make her normal. Despite the shadows that persistently guide her path, the flames that burn brighter as she passes, the smokey figures that take shape at the corner of her eyes. As more and more ominous signs make her question her own sanity, she has to make a call, to cling to the shadow of the past, or reach out for the hand offered. Will she find the mate she sought all her life or will she pay the price for her stubborn hope and faith in a world beyond what we see.