Doctor Casper Holidran, head of the Elementalist academy and one of the heads of the Erumari government, is one of the most powerful men in the system. But with power comes enemies, and he's a target.

Cicely Avanthal, a member of the Protectorate Intelligence, stumbles across a secret meeting between Casper and Jax Amari, a wanted traitor, and is desperate to learn more. Caught in a plot that has nothing to do with her, Cicely might be the only one who can save the doctor.

Thrown together, Casper and Cicely must rely on each other in order to survive their rapidly collapsing lives.