If a beloved woman has treacherously betrayed her, and the baronial trackers are closing in ever closer on the no longer reliable shelter, then for an artist who possesses the gift of creating almost magical things, there is only one way out—to run. To fool everyone around her, by changing her appearance completely, and to flee as far as possible. To a place where she can find like-minded people who cherish the most important value just as fiercely—her own freedom.