The war is over, the dark forces have won, and the hero who was supposed to save them is dead. Captured as her castle is overrun, Briony Rosewood knows the world as she knows it is changed forever. Stripped of her Mind Magic and her freedom, Briony and the other survivors are auctioned off to the highest bidders. She's sold to Toven, a high ranking Bomardsun and her long-time ill-fated infatuation. Scion of a family known for their cruel control of Heart Magic, the Hearsts are ruthlessly ambitious. Yet despite the horrors of her new world, help and hope may yet arise in the most unlikely of places.