Accused of treason, the Whitmore family is shattered in a single blow, and Lady Elara is left with nothing but a scar and a year of hardship behind her. She once saved herself from the brothel by crashing her forehead into a stone wall—an act that kept her body untouched, but marked her forever. Now, hungry, worn down, and standing in a border slave market, she is the lowest-priced captive there. Just before she is shipped.