Ensnared in the clutches of the very family she suspects to be responsible for her parents' death, Marine finds herself scheming and devising plans to destroy the family from within.  However, her young age proves to be her weakness. Caught red-handed after murdering her cousin, she stands at the precipice of ruin, her future hanging in the balance. To her astonishment, her uncle intervenes, pledging his loyalty to her in front of the head of the family, declaring that she will participate in the Succession Trials of the great ducal house of fire. "Ah, how intriguing," the head of the family muses, eyes glinting with anticipation. "Do your best to entertain me." In the shadows of power and betrayal, Marine's journey into the heart of darkness begins, where every move could mean salvation or ruin. This is a story of outsmarting the enemy on the path to become head of the family. Involves combat, politics, economics and battle of wits