All Ebony Alberntine has ever known is the life of a cobblers daughter. At once, all it taken away when she is forcibly taken to the palace in the land of Pyrion, where she will have to learn to become a lady...whatever the hell that means. She is faced with the oppresive nature in the kingdom, where she is learning domestic work but must be watched at all times, even if it is by Lieutenant Lorenzo Koy, who is rule-follower in the castle. He has his pride, but there's something else utterly intriguing Ebony about his hard personality that makes her feel as if it's an act...