Even as a noble woman in the 1800s, the innocent Briar Blythe finds herself in a situation she enjoys all too much. No pressure to marry, a highly placed family, and freedom to do whatever she pleased. Then, her dearest and most respectful suitor, Mahlikai Leucos, decides he can no longer stay in the beloved city they both called home. He spoke of enemies that were close on his tail due to some power he may have had over the city. Stating that he didn't want such things to get into the way of their happily ever after.

In a last ditch effort to give her more time to decide that he was the man she wanted, he bites into her wrist and opens her up to the world of the supernatural. Which forces her mother to spill the secrets that she has been keeping for all of Briar's eighteen years of living. Briar thought it would solve some of the questions she had about her differences between her and her twin sister, but most of it led to more thought provoking answers. In the end, interviewing her mother only led to more unanswered questions. Ones that even the matriarch had no knowledge of.

Many centuries later, Briar was allowed an escape from her prison with the help of a coven that knows nothing of her past. She's determined to get what she wants and is fully prepared to let down these witches praying for her to be the savior. She can't wait to burn them all to the ground when they decide to get in her way. The only one she's willing to spare was Walter, a witch forced to share his home with the seemingly psychotic half-breed.