An unexpected encounter made two people with nothing in common fall in love at first sight. He climbed over the wall into her backyard just to escape the marriage his father had arranged for him. In the library, she stayed up all night talking with him by candlelight, discussing everything from military strategy and medicine to the fate of the people. But in a world torn apart by war, there was no room for romance. Forced to part, they kept meeting again and again at the most dangerous moments...