From blood and ashes

Penellafie Balfour, known as Makivka, was not just an orphaned daughter of wealthy noblemen close to the royal family. She is a Virgin chosen for an important religious ritual. Her life is full of luxury, but deprived of freedom. Makivka is bound by strict rules, which she secretly breaks. The girl learns martial arts, helps the needy and secretly explores the world outside the castle.
One day, under a mask, Makivka meets a mysterious stranger on the street. He mistakes her for a maid with whom he had a date, a pastime unavailable to the Virgin. Soon this stranger appears in the castle as.. her new personal bodyguard. The girl is shocked. A meeting with a stranger becomes the beginning of incredible adventures that make Makivka doubt everything she knows about the world and herself.