Lily is a country girl, and she has two problems: how to avoid an unwanted marriage and how to hide from others a dangerous dark gift that has awakened and haunts her. Yon is a bastard prince. Valarie is a homeless child, into whose hands, by the will of fate, one ancient key fell. What do they have in common? Destiny to be chess pieces in the cruel games of the rulers of the world. And yet they are ready to change what was destined, because the dawn is already dawning, and the beast, as legends say, comes with the dawn. First book of the series