To the kingdom he was a shield, to the King he was a son ,to princess Aurora he was the only one she ever trusted,. Princess Aurora eighteenth birthday was supposed to be a night of celebration instead it became a night of slaughter, as the palace burned, the man leading the coup wasn't a stranger from another land, it was Lucas, the King's most trusted guard, and the man who had protected princess Aurora since she was a child,. With her father's blood still fresh on Lucas hands, Aurora is forced into a life of golden chains,she is a prisoner of the man who had shattered her world yet she must stay to protect her young crippled brother Prince Leo. As she watches Lucas rule from her father's throne, she finds herself trapped in a war between her heart and revenge, she should kill him, she should hate him but how can she stop loving the man who once was her only hero?