Hunted, starved, and homeless, the young witch Merlin never thought her life would amount to anything more than the vicious cycle of escape and evade it had become. After a scam that rendered Merlin's scarce and highly sought-after magical abilities revealed to the people of her hometown, Merlin has been on the run from one witch-hunter after another, each determined to steal her magnificent power for their own malevolent uses. When one of her escapades brings her to Camelot, a city known for its unusual cruelty against magic-users, Merlin finds an ally in a young warrior determined to help her on a quest to unlock her full power and be rid of witch-hunters once and for all. There's only one small problem. The young warrior shares the same name as the missing runaway prince. Arthur.