Myn, raised in exile among the tatters of a once-great warrior clan, is sent back to the kingdom that cast her people out. Her mission: to apprentice under the reclusive magician Crow, and kill him for his role in her clan's ruin. But as she trains in his tower, Myn discovers Crow is not the monster she was promised, but a scarred man shaped by manipulation...much like she herself has been. When assassins strike and the two are forced to fight side by side, a dangerous attraction grows between them. Myn faces a terrible choice: betray her people, or destroy the man she is beginning to love.