Sometimes choosing between love and family means choosing between life and death. Aston Smith, Knight of Fridel, has been sent on a dangerous mission: catch The Rogue Royal, a notorious man who has been killing corrupt monarchs. When the mission goes wrong, the knight is sentenced to death. To escape his fate, he runs, planning to track down the murderer and clear his name. Along the way, he meets and teams up with Jade du Halen, who he thinks is just another woman. Secretly, she is the runaway Princess of Adion who denied her duties as a princess and refused to marry the man her father had chosen for her. Instead, she convinces Aston that she can clear his name, joining him on his hunt for justice. Can these two individuals hide from their hunters, catch The Rogue Royal, and live happily ever after? Or will Jade's secret tear them apart?