Most wounds heal with time…                                   

… Others are felt across millennia. 

Evina Ariss is a shadow of what she was meant to be. After the high priestess of her island home died unexpectedly, Evina inherited the position. There’s just one problem: the former priestess took all her knowledge with her. Now Evina is the sole guardian of an enchanted gate she is ill-equipped to protect. Her only solace lies in her isolation from the outside world, until the mysterious Ashwin Lorne wrecks his ship on the island’s cliffs.

Armed, dangerous, and unnervingly perceptive, Ashwin claims to be a royal emissary sent to negotiate trade. Evina suspects he’s come to search for the keys to open the gate. Yet she finds herself drawn to him as if under a spell, despite her deep love for her fiancé, Rein. Ashwin also reveals a chilling secret about her predecessor that makes Evina question the loyalty of her own people.

A sinister power sleeps inside the gate, and someone on the island intends to unleash it. Crippled by doubt, Evina is certain of only one thing: she must find a way to stop them. But to unmask her betrayer and save the world, she will have to make a choice that could cost her much more than a broken heart.