Clara returns home on her eighteenth birthday to find an unexpected gift: all her possessions stacked outside the apartment. Her mom is kicking her out, giving her the choice between studying fine arts or getting a job. Desperate, she seeks refuge with her father, a perpetually traveling bass player in a symphonic orchestra. Clara doesn't seem to fit in anywhere--until she's given the incredible opportunity to paint replicas of Bondoror dynasty portraits for the Academy of History. When she takes the job, she has no idea how enmeshed she's about to become in the history of those paintings.