The Story of Noor Book One of the Original Series Alicia of Gent

This is the first book of the series "Alicia of Gent". In a mythical world in a land known as Gent where the people live in a castle of wonders that no one can remember how they were created and are born into "clusters" determined by the time and place of one's birth. This story is about a young woman born into the magical cluster of Nymphs. She is forced to leave the only home she has known when she is sold to the wealthy King of Gent. There she discovers the history of her new home and the magic of the "ancients".