Fox was adopted into one of the land's most powerful royal families, shortly after birth. Now it seems unlikely that he'll make it to adulthood. The politicians of his father's household are intent on removing him by any means necessary. But all is not what it seems. Fox's heritage may be a scandal to the purity-obsessed advisers, but it holds a secret which could doom all things; a bloodline older than myth, and an enemy straight out of his nightmares.