When her husband is taken prisoner, Lara can think of nothing else but, "I will do whatever it takes to bring you free." Lara, a former queen who has been exiled as a traitor, has watched as her own father subjugates Ithicana while powerless to stop the carnage. When Lara discovers that her husband Aren has been taken prisoner in war, she realises that her father is simply keeping him alive to serve as bait for his treacherous daughter. She fully plans to take the bait, too.