After a seemingly planned conspiracy against him, Josiah, a rich man from inheritance, is fired from his job and is grasping at straws to save his social status, the only thing that truly matters to him. Not to mention, letters mysteriously arrive, threatening him, pleading with him, offering him the eternal glory he craves. Yet, the letters creep him out and something convinces him to flee his town, as he tries to deceive himself saying that he is only looking for a new job. Little does he know for he dives right into the decades old fight he was trying to avoid. Bithiah is a young woman who wants to do nothing more than to settle down and learn about her parents who have both been absent from shortly after her birth. After rummaging through her mother's old supplies, she finds a large stack of letters with an apparent sinister message behind each well-wishing letter. Determined to find out what her parents had been involved in, she tries to put together the puzzle of which she only has a few pieces. Her confrontation of her family members leads her away from home and to the palace to discover devastating secrets. Josiah and Bithiah are forced into danger and peril together against their will, but they must learn to trust each other if they ever want a chance in surviving a dark, impending war brought on by the desperate mistakes of their parents. And when family turns against family, is there anyone you can really trust