Remyan law states that every unwed girl, nineteen to twenty-five must be registered in the Government database for the Reaping; a ceremony conducted every two-three years however for the past four years it has been annual. Anastasia is now nineteen and she believes that the odds of her name being picked out of the hat were very slim, that is until her name is read out in front of the entire region. What awaits her is unpleasant and whether she'll survive is uncertain. Failure to comply will lead to her death. But what if she is everything the king wants but he is everything she despises? Secrets are revealed, love blooms in the midst of hate and nothing in the palace is as it seems.