It is universally acknowledged in all the houses of Glassett that the greatest necessity of life is to find the bonds of greatest power for themselves to maximize the magical abilities--called commands--they've been given as children. Eleanor, however, has been born with one that has proven to be detrimental to herself and those she courts. she must juggle the social norms of a victorian world while trying to discover her own potential. And people have been disappearing in the night.