Jessie Mati, the Captain of the King's Guards, finds her uneventful life turned upside-down when a member of the Seeker Council is captured and killed. The secrets that she had been hiding begin to merge one right after another, each more dangerous then the one before. Jessie finds herself fearing for the safety of her daughter and the thought of losing the man she is not allowed to date. She has to decide where her allegiance lies, with the king who raised her or the Seeker who gave her life.