In this monastery, founded by the queen herself, young pupils are taught not only literacy, embroidery and playing the lute, but also the knightly art of wielding a sword and dagger - in order to make them secret bodyguards of the queen and her loved ones.

However, the very first task of the best of the warrior maidens of the monastery, Avisa de Vir - to protect the life of the queen's godson - takes a very unexpected turn. The noble and brave Christian Lovell stubbornly sees Avize not as a protector, but as a lovely girl, created for the delight of love and the pleasures of passion...