Fourteen year-old Lady Mary is a ward of Lord and Lady Macbeth whose life is forever changed when her father betrays the king and is hanged as a traitor. In an instant, Mary has lost both her father and her future. There will be no betrothal to the son of a nobleman, no children, no castle to call her own. Instead, Mary is sent to the scullery to serve as a maid. But Mary's destiny is not to be so simple, for there are bigger matters afoot. When King Duncan is murdered, the entire court is thrown into turmoil. And mary slowly comes to realize that her future lies in the hands of a power-hungry couple willing to crush anyone who gets in their way. Including Mary. As the events of Shakespeare's play unfold around her, Mary must do what she can to prevent more deaths. But can a lone girl save lives when a legion of Scottish lords cannot?