Most wounds heal with time…                                   

… Others are felt across millennia. 

After her predecessor’s sudden death, Evina Ariss became high priestess of her island home and sole guardian of an enchanted gate. Now her order’s sacred knowledge is locked within a book she was never taught to translate, and her only solace is that no one knows just how vulnerable she is. But all delusions of safety vanish when the mysterious mainlander, Ashwin Lorne, wrecks his ship on the island’s cliffs.

Evina’s elders welcome Ashwin into their midst as if under a spell and allow him to wander at night, without a guard, armed to the teeth. He claims to be a royal emissary sent to barter a trade deal, but Evina can’t shake the feeling he knows about the gate and is searching for the three keys to unlock it. Desperate to thwart him, Evina pretends to accept Ashwin’s offer of friendship, only to find herself inexplicably drawn to the handsome outsider, despite her deep love for her Fiancé, Rein.

As Evina is drawn deeper into Ashwin’s orbit, she begins to question the loyalty of her own people, and her devotion to Rein is tested. Meanwhile, a sinister power sleeps inside the gate, and someone on the island intends to unleash it to settle an ancient feud. If Evina places her trust in the wrong person, she could end up with more than a broken heart. She could help them end the world.