Concept

Nema, the protagonist, is a very poor seventeen-year-old girl who lives in a one roomed house without much light or heat and no family. The story begins with Nema dreaming, and in her dream she is reliving the moment her best friend, Azia, came to tell her she would never see her again.

When Nema awakes, she is attacked and kidnapped by dark creatures who later become known as Shadows. They take her to a large room full of people, where she finds out her location and the name of her captors. The Shadows come to choose a few people and pick Nema, who is taken to work in the mines. After three weeks, she tries to escape but is caught by the Shadows, who transport her to a room in which she finds Azia. Azia takes Nema into a palace-type area encrusted with jewels and presents her to the Queen of Shadow Kingdom, whom Nema then discovers is her mother, along with the realization that Azia is her sister. Nema, who thought she had no family, realizes that she has a mother and a sister. Nema, who thought she has no family, realizes that she has a mother and a sister and ends up staying with Azia and the Queen in Shadow Kingdom for the rest of her life.