Celestina North is a model student, a loving daughter and sister, and a charming girl from Art Crevan’s circle. In an instant she shattered her life by doing an act deemed corrupt by the all-powerful Tribunal. From now on she is “Branded” and forced to hide from the guards who pursue her on the orders of the Chief Judge Crevan, her beloved Art’s father. Celestina has a dangerous secret capable of destroying both Crevan and the Tribunal itself. She entrusted it only to the mysterious and alluring Carrick— the only one she can rely on now. Will Celestina dare to reject her new love and the friends she gained through misfortune for the hope of returning to her former happy life?