In this Victorian era, in the kingdom, Sapporo, at 13, you are the youngest child. Your older sis, Geneva, is married. Your middle is Blithe. She is 15

Galis is under siege by Cassius Galen, a man of the people who rallied an army.

Your mother and father, traitors as they are, fled the night before when they caught wind.

With the kingdom under attack, Blithe forces you through a secret door. Just in time, too.

Soldiers burst into the room where you are, with Cassius Galen among them.