The book is in the perspective of the two main characters, Shadow and Cealdon. Caeldon works for the queen as her assassin, bound by his late fathers oath. He is required to stay loyal to the queen until the scrolls of Deia are returned to the queen. On his mission to Montrice, another country whom they are rivals with, Shadow, who wants to join the guild finds him, breaks him out of the prison, Deersia, and they start their adventure together. They slowly fall in love through their journey. Once in Montrice, Shadow and Cal pretend to be noble brother and sister, and infiltrate the nobility.