“You cannot desire me. Do you not understand: to want, to hope, to love. They are dangerous things.” *** Aurelia de Valtoria is the princess of Gavaria, destined to be its queen. Out of a perceived necessity, the king arranges her marriage to the crown prince of the Empire as a token of diplomacy. A dominion renown for its ruthlessness. Aurelia’s life shatters when she discovers that the Empire never wanted peace. When the castle is under siege, Aurelia and her bodyguard escape and she finds refuge with a servant boy she knew in her childhood. Now she must travel the realm to the seven Lords to inspire an army to reclaim her throne. But in the end. Will it be enough?