Lise and Alise share a body, but not a soul—and only one can have a future.
Newly orphaned, Lise sets out to settle old scores with her faithless twin brother. But the kingdom is a dangerous place, and soon she finds herself on the run with the mysterious and arrogant young man who saved her life, but may now get her killed.
Alise awakens in the court of the Ancient King, unable to remember who she is or how she arrived there. Discovering a knack for the cunning work prized by the king, she flourishes—but just because she has forgotten her past does not mean she has escaped it.
These two young women will be drawn towards a reckoning that leaves only one of them alive—and the entire kingdom transformed.