After tragedy strikes his homeland, Aeris is saved from the aftermath and brought to the country of Erytheia. There, Crown Prince Cassian vows to protect him, and teach him the ways of the people of Erytheia. Everything there is different: the people, the clothes, the food, the tradition. Aeris has never felt more like an outsider. The people of Erytheia are not used to change, and they are scared of what they don't know; they are consumed with fear by the prospect of Aeris and his differences. Cassian has a duty, to marry one of his people, continue his family's legacy and uphold centuries of tradition that lay behind him. But never has Cassian been so enthralled and enamored with someone so different from him, he is a slave to Aeris' beauty. Cassian and Aeris are pawns in a game of legacy, corruption, and duplicity. They might just make it out alive, but there is no telling if their feelings for one another will.