In the kingdom of Sola twin princesses were born, Hadley and Harper. The daughters of King Blaine and Queen Kenzie. Their only other child was a boy Brody. Though a month after their birth their nursemaid took them out on the grounds for a walk. While they were walking a pack of wolves jumped over the wall that surrounded the castle and its grounds. They took Harper and killed the nursemaid but left Hadley where she was. The wolves quickly left the grounds with Harper when they heard the gardener come around the bend.

When the gardener saw the little baby Hadley and the nursemaids dead body he called for the queen. The queen rushed to the grounds. She saw the gardener who was holding Hadley and the, dead nursemaid. She rushed over and grabbed Hadley from him, felt to the floor and started sobbing. Meanwhile the king had come outside. When he saw his wife on the ground crying he knelt beside her and held her to him. They both sat there mourning for their missing daughter.

Meanwhile the wolves had taken Harper to their mistress the witch Kyra. Kyra's plan had been she would return the baby back to her family for a handsome reward, but as soon as she laid eyes on the baby princess she fell in love and decided that she would keep her for herself. Kyra knew that if she was going keep Harper for herself she would have to hide her from the people trying to find her. Kyra held Harper close and climbed up on to one of the wolves and rode to her cottage. Kyra lived in a small but beautiful cottage on a lake.

The queen sent out her best hunters to go out and find Harper, but all of them came back empty handed. A year had passed before the queen had made the reward open to anyone. Though no matter what the queen offered no one dared to go near the Lake of Eden for fear that the rumors of an evil witch guarded by wolves was true. Their parents never told them that they had a sister or what happened to her for fear that they would go after Harper and end up the same as her.

Meanwhile Harper grew up wonderfully. Kyra had renamed the child Maisha. Maisha grew up in the small cottage. Though Maisha's favorite part was the small island in the middle of the lake. The island was a safe haven in case someone ever broke through the protection that guarded the house and lake.

Maisha would often ask to go there for she loved the natural springs and waterfalls that were towards the middle of the island. Maisha grew up safely on
The lake. Kyra always made sure that they were protected. She had the wolves guard the perimeter of the lake with orders to tear apart anyone who got too close. Maisha never knew that the wolves were there to protect Kyra and her but she knew that they were there.