Gold - searing, liquid like gold, looks down at her with a bright sparkle to them Arietta wishes she could look away - but she can't, pride and desire won't let her. This - this man was gong to be the death of her. First he steals her away from her home and now - He's stealing her soul too. She's not sure she want's to hold on to it anymore though. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arietta Blackwood was a young beautiful lady. Daughter of a lord and heir to all he possesses. If she marries. She's completely compliant with that. She loves the future groom anyway, a young lord she's known for a few years now. In the middle of preparations she is stolen right off her balcony and finds herself surrounded with the oddest, most unique, group of misfits she's ever seen. They tell her she's needed by their lord. She's the girl he's seen in his dream. Something terrible is happening to the people, their souls are being blackened and taken and nobody knows what's the cause. But apparently, she's the only one that can help. How? She hasn't got a clue. Before she knows it she's whisked away into an unfamiliar world of journey and adventure, near death situations and to her horror - attachments to this strange bunch. Only time will tell if she'll survive either.