Most are lucky enough not to see two wars in one lifetime. She had tried hard to forget, going as far as to abandon her family and the world she grew up in. But as usual history was repeating itself. As if she hadn't already given enough. Her mother had always said: to be alive is a gift. Sometimes she wished she could give it back.

A war is waging in a time when one's blood status is paramount, who you are determines survival. Little do they know that being one of the Sacred-Twenty Eight doesn't equal purity. Diana Trivinere, the only heir to her ancient house, struggles to find her place in an uncertain future. To top it off its OWL year and the Marauders are recruiting.