She was sworn to protect a princess. She never expected to save a kingdom.

     Cordelia feels like she’s been cursed along with the princess she serves. She was chosen as a child to be the princess’s companion. And she’s spent her whole life at the princess’s side, trapped in the same windowless tower, restricted by duty to the same sheltered life.

     But a traitor has triggered the princess’s curse, condemning her to be a white deer by day and human by night. Cordelia now finds herself guarding the princess as they flee the neighboring kingdom who planned the princess’s demise. All they have to rely on is their courage and Cordelia’s bookish knowledge of a world neither of them has ever seen.

     In treacherous waters where enemies abound, Cordelia leans on the confidence that has always guided her. When a mysterious archer challenges that confidence with a single choice, she is faced with a harsh reality. Her princess demands she trust their enemy. Her pride demands she walk away. And if she makes the wrong choice, both her princess and her country could be destroyed.