She ran from a marriage she never wanted. She ran hoping to make a life of her own. She ran to escape a monster. She ran to find the one she truly loved. Brenna is on the run after a daring escape from the Duke Cray's manor, injured and alone. She is found by a man in the woods who helps her hide from those trying to take her back to a life she never wanted to be part of ever again. She is now looking everywhere for Elidor, the man who turned her life upsidedown. There's just one problem, he seems to have vanished in thin air. Finding the man she loves is one thing, but staying hidden while searching for him is another. Cray is relentless in his search to bring her back, and he will stop at nothing to keep her as his.

He came in the middle of the night. He came looking to take what was stolen. He came in hopes to mend his past. He came and took what was unintended. Brenna is a young princess who is used to the royal life. She is forever bending toward her parents' will, and finds herself forced into an arranged marriage. A marriage with the Duke Cray, a lazy boy who cares for no one but himself. Suddenly, her life is turned upside down when a thief named Elidor breaks into her home and whisks her away from everything familiar to her. Determined to survive in the cruel world outside of the castle gates, Brenna discovers a friend in Elidor. Perhaps even more than she first realized.