Cordelia is a high-spirited princess with one goal: not to be like her five sisters, "good-for-nothing, prissy and spoiled children," as she puts it. In a time of war for her kingdom of Avalonia, she is sent to finishing school across the country, and immediately runs away to help the war efforts at her home. Soon, she meets a handsome thief and they make their way to her kingdom together. However, on the journey, she begins to ask: is everything as it seems?