The Kirili Empire is mired in lawlessness and bribery. The rich have privileges and power in their hands, the poor have nothing, and affinites, whose magical power is able to control the intangible, are usually afraid and avoided. Only two can destroy the old foundations: ANASTASIA is the former heiress to the throne of Kirilia. Now she is just an affinity with the magical gift of controlling a person's blood. Persecuted and accused of murdering her own father, she vowed to track down the real killer and restore her honest name.