Signet D'Marigold's lonely life is shaken when a prophet reveals she is a catalyst for change...

But to accept her new life – and the charge of a noble child, Avellana Hazel – will mean embracing a danger that may be fatal for them both.

Cratag Maytree sold his sword and traveled continents to find a place with his distant family. Now his settled life is disrupted as he is loaned out as a bodyguard for Signet and Avellana. He feels rejected, an outsider once again.

As Signet's and Cratag's attraction develops into love, her fear of abandonment and his wariness at their different backgrounds diminish. Happiness seems within their grasp until fate makes them all targets of a secret enemy they must defeat to survive...