Ryu is a boy who was orphaned early. He is found by a wandering warrior and learns that he may have more powers than he imagined. A quiet child, Moriko ends up in a monastery, which she despises. Torn from her family and the forest she grew up in, she must fight to learn the skills she needs to survive training under the world's most dangerous assassin. Young, beautiful and broken, Takako is sold to pay off her father's debts. She found herself in a world that doesn’t understand, she didn’t ask for these tests. She must decide where her loyalties lie. When their lives collide on the brink of war, their decisions will change their lives and their Kingdom forever. If they survive...