The Empire of Pagegonia is facing its biggest change in the last hundred years. The entire populace is in an uproar with the shifting hands of power. Cetlali Wisterkin was born a ward of Wisteryala and has risen above the life that was given to her. She's far from the wild and unruly youth she used to be and made a name for herself as steward to the head of one of the most powerful families in the entire realm, The Armisteads. The empire is rife with change and the Armisteads are in the midst of it. Cetlali has weathered the pernicious drama of the family's legacy and the social necessities of the court for decades now. She killed the odd child she used to be, and now she feels displeased with the direction her life is heading. She has always done what was asked of her and made her choices according to the whims of others. For the first time in her life, she wants to decide on her own future, far away from the whispers and expectations heaped upon her soul without her permission.