The last princess of a fallen kingdom is taken captive by King Nassori IV, the man responsible for destroying her world. Consumed by quiet rage, Layla waits for the moment vengeance can finally be claimed.

Instead, a civil captivity draws her into an unexpected apprenticeship with Nassori, forcing them both to confront the private burdens they carry, distrust, failure, fear, and ambition. A princess shaped only by war, and a king forged by conquest, are bound together in a reckoning that alters them both.