Gisela de Montfort, a knight of ancient arcane blood, is humiliated by her fiancé Julian and his mistress Isolde before their wedding. She outmaneuvers them by marrying Valerius, the exiled rightful heir with Frost Wolf blood. Eventually, Isolde is banished to a remote mine, Julian dies in squalor, and Gisela rises to Countess, forging a new era with Valerius in the North.
