A long battle for power in Kaleria ends with the victory of one of the brothers, Arku. Regis de Bakkard is preparing for victory, because the king’s secret police has already uncovered the plot. His wife’s guilt is practically proven. And her father can already be thrown into a dungeon. But by an unforeseen twist of events, he himself is drawn into a crime against the king. Only Countess de Bakkard can save him—though their relationship has long been far from marital agreement. No one could have predicted such an outcome for either of them. And neither could they predict that many years later their different paths would meet again far from the capital of Fiale. And they will have to decide whether this is a sign of fate—or a sign of a bad road.