Amalia has managed to successfully maintain her Keeper ability as a secret while living amid a lecherous lord. But her luck has run out. In exchange for asylum, Lia works side-by-side with the notorious assassin and Right Hand to the Royal, Ilyas san Merin, in order to track down three treacherous Lords that have stolen a powerful, ancient magical manuscript. But when their adventure takes a dangerous turn, Lia is forced to made a decision that will forever alter not simply her own future, but the future of Aren as well.