A princess is set to wed the first duke, king, or high standing man she can catch the eye of, but when things go south at the betrothal ball, she finds herself courting a strange young man handsome in every aspect but not a royal by any decree. When her mother the queen finds out about their connection, she finds a way to break off the engagement though her mother would not keep them apart in fact her mother turns out to be the reason a war has started a once peaceful land quickly falling to chaos and ruin.