Determined to make a new life for himself Jacq would do anything...or so he thought, when he was approached by a stranger to bring banned weapons into Pelagos. He was offered one chance, to become an apprentice to Girard, the infamous assassin. He took this chance to rise up out of the squalor he had known all his life. He didn't think about what the weapons were for until his actions endangered his life and the life of the girl he had come to care for, Carlotte the only girl who saw him for who he really was.Desperate to redeem himself Jacq discovers a fiercely kept secret and uses it to his advantage, hoping that Girard will welcome him into his organization.