His parents died at eight. His uncle abandoned him at thirteen. At sixteen he fell in love, and at eighteen she betrayed him. Andrew Dale is a slave for the Sun King, who uses him as a conversation piece in his court. Andrew wears the yoke poorly, fighting back and undermining the King when he can. Though the woman he loved, the woman who betrayed him, is the King's Guard Captain, Ashna tries to help Andrew cope. Until Andrew makes the worst mistake...