A clumsy step, the wrong branch to hold on to and a bump on the head to leave her unconscious - no more than that turns Eryn's life upside down when she suddenly finds herself in the capital city as a prisoner of the King. She is determined to keep her magical abilities a secret in a kingdom where, as long as anyone knows, magicians have only ever been male.However, her aim doesn't work out especially well. The Order - the governing body for magicians - and the King seem to have their own plans with her, none of them caring in the least that she just wants to leave that accursed city behind and return to the peace and quiet of her profession as a healer.And then there is Enric, a high-ranking magician in the Order thanks to his considerable strength, who seems to find watching her struggles an amusing diversion.