Whakarāpopototanga
100 tau i muri mai i tona matenga, ka ora ano a Empress Martina, te kaiwhakarewa o te Emepaea o Carabella, hei Astina Lette, te tamahine a te kaute. Ko tana noho humarie, ia ra, he wahine rangatira, he tino rereke ki tona oranga o mua, engari he poto noa iho. Na te kaihautanga o te pakihi hokohoko a tona papa, ka taka tona whanau ki te nama nui. Ka whakatau a Astina ki te hoko i a ia ano ki te marena i a Grand Duke Thereode hei whakakapi mo tana tuahine a Kanna ki te whakaora i tana whanau mai i o raatau raru putea. Engari ka kanga tonu a Thereode ki te tango i te ahua o te kararehe, a kare he tangata e tatari ana kia ora ia i te po ki a ia… Heoi, i te whakahē i nga raru katoa, ka whawhai ia ki te kararehe me ana hoari whakamiharo, ka ora tonu. Ka timata te whanaungatanga puhoi ki waenganui i a raua i a ia e whakararata ana i a ia hei mokai. I tetahi po, ka hoatu e Astina ki a Theo he paku poto ki nga ngutu hei utu mo tana ngohengohe, ka ohorere… ka riro a Theo…. tangata?