Before the four sisters, there was only one who stood in the way of all that was wicked. Return to the world of Adelaide Verees with the all new prequel to the Bloodline series. Idries Katren Ahlstohm never knew about the world around the grand city they called a home. She was the prodigious daughter of the best artisan the nation had and knew how to wield a sword from the moment she turned five. Hayle Verees is a duke's son, destined to be the king's next in line, should he die. He knew well enough that he needed to have a strong front if it ever came to him being a ruler. When on a trip in the great city of Gerdalen, the young heir almost faces the wrath of his death when suddenly he is saved by the beautiful weapon's champion. The world faces the wrath of the rare, dark beauty of the Demon race the heir and the champion. And when they meet the other side of the coin to the darkness of the plague rippling onto the planet they realise their mistake. A battlefield was no place for someone to fall in love. (The story has no corrolation or cross references with the characters of the Bloodline series unlike other books in the series may.)