Drescosia is ruled by magic and blood, the The Nohen is ruled by Kings and Queens and politicians wearing their finery and commanding armies to fight for them. Since the fall of The Viacean Empire had ruled, always the Ascarth family on the throne. But all good things come to an end with the factions within the Empire fighting for power the Empire was bound to split.

With the brewing storm new powers rose and new empires and kingdoms began to form and the centuries of fighting began. Royalty is now won by the amount of blood on ones hands and no longer by the blood of ones ancestors.

The Elven Crown is the only major crown left with an untainted bloodline and Seraphin Ascarth knows the weight on her shoulders. Her only purpose as Queen is to protect her people and her sister as the Elven Council invites in outsiders in hopes to force their Queen to marry. Seraph has made her decisions about where her path will lead but those plans change when Prince Rizoel of the Human Kingdom of Altra steps foot in the Elven Palace.

Lord Halis Jaerek has spent his years trapped in a prison within his own castle in Drescosia carved into the side of a cliff. He waits out his days as his body grows frail until the stone around him begins to crumble. He finds himself facing a king whose family has ruled in Halis' palace for five generations. He has no means to take what had belonged to him, his warriors had perished in the war hundreds of years ago. The Lord finds himself homeless with only a desire to hurt those who ruined his life and those of his people.

Orphaned at birth Jalen Ward travels between the Human Kingdoms and Drescosia as part of crews on ships as she constantly runs from those who wish her dead. Her pretty face placed her at the King of Sil Gunik's table, serving him in the areas of his bed and running through the night with orders to kill.