When Kale meets Leon, who insists that she must join him for her safety or die, she embarks on a journey that changes her life forever. Kale led a simple life with her mother in a small 18th century town. That changed when a runaway, Leon, forced her into joining him. Soldiers want Leon for treason. Now they want Kale too. She thinks it's because she is with Leon, but he knows better. Leon and Kale journey across untamed lands in the quest to prove he is innocent. There they find out the truth about their pasts; a truth that should not have seen the light. It is truth, which may send the nearby kingdoms into war. They must try to keep each other alive, stop war from ravaging the land, and undo the mistakes they have made before it is too late. "It's too late," he said. "What do you mean?" Kale asked, clutching her shawl tightly around her shoulders. "It's too late," he repeated simply. "They've come." That was when Kale's world collapsed. Caught up in treason and murder, she doesn't know whether to trust the person who dragged her into this in the first place, or the people hunting them both. And there is someone stirring in the shadows, someone who has watched at a distance for years. The forces are moving, but into whose favor? It seems like everyone demands Kale's capture. Why? There is only one who knows.