"No one ever actually asked if I wanted to become the Faery Godmother of Ket Alaa. My royal bloodline decided it for me. That... and the fact that I'm the only one left." Morath feels alone as a woman can be in a perilous world. Tasked with testing would-be champions using magic she barely knows how to control, she struggles with isolation, poverty, and danger in a land taken over by invaders- all the while living within eyesight of the ruins of her family's Summer Palace. When an enigmatic stranger with a smile like sunlight turns up as a quester, she's as baffled by her immediate attraction as she is by the way magic seems to behave strangely around him. There's little time for her to explore the true nature of their connection, however. The secretive Council which seeks to oust the invaders- and put her back on her throne at any cost- has charged her with yet another to protect Ket Alaa from a new threat by resuming her royal duties under cover of magic. Can Morath rise to the challenge of defending what's left of her country with the help of her mysterious new companion? And will their bond last when her true identity is revealed... or will it crumble under the dark forces which threaten their newfound happiness?