Barbara Gowan knows she is an orphan, but the rest of her life is a mystery even to herself. Raised in convent schools ever since she was five, she has been isolated from the world at the wish of her Guardians. When she gets a scholarship to college, her life truly begins. She has bucked the system, refused to take the veil, and believes her Guardians wrath will be incurred. When she joins a cosplaying role-playing game she discovers levels to her life she didn't know existed. But will this prepare her for the reality to come? Who is she and what is the strange mark that she's believed to be a birthmark? Can she find the answers before her Guardians succeed in silencing her?