The flames stretched out to her sides as if they knew her; as if they were calling to her. Licking at her clothes and singeing her skin, begging her to submit to their chaos and let go. What those who wielded that fire didn't know was that she could command it to her very will, as well.

Cecilia du Pont is a woman haunted by many things. The horrors she witnessed while still a child and the atrocities of war are both heavy weights she carries while continuing to uphold her duties as a Knight Templar. She is not a woman easily swayed. Her entire world is shifted upside down as war is brought to her feet, and she is thrusted into a higher position of command.

Vesryn Theris is no stranger to the injustices that life can bring. From underdweller to surface-farer, he decided that joining the order was a good place to start in finding his own way in life. Catching the eye of a Knight Lieutenant early on, he quickly found that place right beside the strongest woman he's ever known. He, like the rest of her company, would follow her through all seven hells and back... they'd even commit the highest form of treason.