Princess Lyanna of Azrynth has never had a normal life. Though she lives in a castle full of everything she could want, she does not have the one thing she truly desires; anyone.. After her mother died, she was left with an absentee father who wanted nothing to do with her. Friends that she makes mysteriously disappear leaving her eternally alone. Just before her 18th birthday, Lyanna receives news that will bring guests to the castle and will risk the barrier that she has made. What is truly frightening is the new prince and his sarcastic advisor are kinder than she thought. Just as she starts to allow these new people in, strange secrets are unveiled that make her question what is really going on in her father's castle.