Magic flows through the veins of all of humanity. But those born with noble blood are closer to the source. Staliel was not born into noble blood. He was content living a quiet, average life, when an event suddenly steals away his father and thrusts him into the responsibility of protecting the daughter of a minor noble house.   But the girl doesn’t want to be protected. She wants to become a Peacekeeper. A soldier. A spy. The queen’s blade in the dark. Staliel follows her, partly out of duty, partly out of his desire for answers.