Born with an unusual birthmark on her back, Chloe Ardennes was immediately branded a cursed child by her superstitious family and locked away in their estate for her entire life. Forced to cook and clean, Chloe s world shatters one day when an encounter with her mother at knifepoint drives her to flee the only home she s ever known. Desperately seeking refuge, she escapes to the only sanctuary she knows: the royal capital. But is the big city everything she hoped it would be? Just as she finds herself on the brink of despair, a mysterious, gallant knight rescues her, offering a glimmer of hope and the promise of a new beginning.