"You fail to see your true value and that is where you fail every single time. You are not just a plot on the drawing board. You are not just a pawn or a soldier, you are the key. You have always been the key." ----- Isaline Winter, the last of the Winter clan and one of the deadliest assassin the world has ever seen. After the tragic and brutal deaths of her parents, Isaline seeks refuge within the Royal court where she is forced to serve the Queen as her right hand woman. The blood on Isaline's hands has tainted more than just the surface of her skin and no matter how hard she tries, she cannot rid herself of the sins of the Queen. It's only a matter of time before the darkness swallows her whole and Isaline wants out as soon as possible. But she's bound an unbreakable vow and losing just isn't in the Queen's vocabulary. When buried secrets begin to rise and missing pieces begin to fill themselves in, will Isaline have what it takes to end this horror once for all? Or will she succumb to the darkness that she's fought so hard?