Forced to protect the very thing she swore to destroy... Crown-hater Kiriana Ithinar is on her way to devastate the monarchy, when the monarchy inadvertently stumbles right to her. A convenient deception finds Kir magically bound as Guardian to Vann, the exiled and hunted Crown Prince of Septauria. In the shadow of a dark prophecy, Vann must be escorted safely to the Crown that Kir so vehemently despises, through a sea of enemies that share in her hatred. With the addition of two more Guardians to Vann's entourage, Kir begins to discover that family ties are not bound in blood, but in who will wash it off her hands. Tormented by an elusive stranger and faced with the ever deepening mystery surrounding the intentions of the Crown, will Kir and her brother Guardians succeed in delivering Vann to safety, or will the prophecy consume them all?