On the island of Arihi, women aren't supposed to do magic, and Amia learns why. The hard way. An accident with magic renders her mute, and her village banishes her to a haunted castle full of outcasts. Then Arihi is ravaged by demons and attacked by men from across the ocean. Lonely and devastated, Amia searches for someone to trust. But who? The old woman with the strongest magic? The crazy woman locked in the tower? Perhaps the ghost who haunts...