When war comes to the kingdom, Lord Dorcon and his knights take Kira's father, mother and brother, Dane, to the palace to serve the king. Twelve year old Kira and her sisters go the Lasser Commons, the most notrious prison in the land. The crime of Kira and her sisters is that they aren't married. Kira and her younger sister, Elspeth escape. Kira will need every bit of her will power and the help of a baby dragon to protect the life of her sister....