Jayna, the eldest daughter of House Yale, secretly loves Crown Prince Cecil of the Toronto Empire. Born without magic and mistreated by her family, she is suddenly ordered into a political marriage with Cecil. Her hopes for happiness are shattered when he declares he will never love her, refuses to acknowledge her pregnancy, and even accuses her of leaking imperial secrets. Fearing for her life, Jayna escapes the palace and gives birth to twins, only to have her newborn son stolen. Five years later, now living as a perfumer, she unexpectedly returns to Cecil’s residence, and their fate begins to unfold again.
