alex 14 goes to bed in december and wakes in june in a strange house to a strange family in the mirror he sees flip unless alex finds out whats happened and how to get back to his own life he may be trapped forever inside a body that belongs to someone else what is identity the will to survive and what will we sacrifice to survive akane is a charming young girl with two separate identities growing up as a princess in the dainagon family she befriends aogi who as he matures takes a position with the inner guards at the imperial palace thus becoming unavailable to the outside world when the longlasting separation from her childhood chum becomes unbearable akane must assume a second persona that of a servant of the imperial palace but entering the gates of the castle doesnt get her any closer to aogi and soon these starcrossed lovers are breaking all the rules for that sweet reunion they both crave