What the Hier Ruler wants, the Hier Ruler gets. And he wants Vanessa. Vanessa is an artist, stuck in the grey world Earth has become. Yet she doesn't yearn to leave, despite there being nothing left for her on her home planet. The chance to win the lottery, to go and live on Karal, a planet filled with life and colour, is not for her. But a chance encounter with Lytril, the Hier Ruler of Karal, means control over her own future, her own destiny, is taken from her. Lytril convinces himself he has to have Vanessa, has to see why she attracts him on such a physical and emotional level. It is for the good of his people. As their leader he has to try to control her, to claim back the power she has over him. However, Lytril is about to underestimate the greatest power of all. Vanessa maybe the only one capable of changing Lytril's mind, of making him see that her species is worth saving. Can they ever learn to understand each other?