On a mountainous world divided into nine Castle Keeps, one of the ancient Lords worshiped by the Kingdom crosses a forbidden line and a child is conceived, her body destined to become a mysterious bridge between dimensions. Loric, the Prince of Visioncrest Keep, puts her under his protection. Apprenticed to the Keepââ,¬â"¢s ancient healer, she struggles with the Kingdomââ,¬â"¢s customs and beliefs, and when at last the Prince takes her as his lover, she begins growing into her unique nature as he indulges her increasingly dark erotic desires. But it is not until one storming afternoon ââ,¬" when she is seduced and nearly killed by three young rebel Lords from her fatherââ,¬â"¢s realm masquerading as noblemen from another Keep ââ,¬" that the seed of power within her blossoms swiftly and dangerously. Then one night, high in a dark tower, the three lords prove to her by way of a sinister rite that the force of their passion transcends death itself.