For every blinding light, there too must be a deafening darkness.

Mora has failed everything—the merge, her cuff…Kallan. With the traumas of her past resurfacing, trapping her in a comatose state, she isn’t sure how much more she can bear. Or if she even wants to wake up. But when Death proposes a new plan to take down her sister’s killer, Mora must be ready. Vengeance will not slip from her grasp this time.

Veres has seen straight into Moranna’s heart. He knows her pain, knows her, and is not ready to let her out of his sight. He will protect her from herself, no matter the cost. Which might prove difficult. With his own dark secrets and hidden plans, earning her trust will be his hardest challenge yet.

Something has changed in this deadly game of kings and gods. Danger lurks across the Shadow as enemies multiply, forcing them to contend with a war both against the armies of Vale and within themselves. But the reluctant love growing between them could be the thing that finally sets them free and starts them on their path to healing—if only they’d let it.

Luscious worldbuilding, heart-pounding romance, and gutting rage cut to the heart of this Gothic-inspired sequel to Blood of My Heart, in which Mora and Veres must rise above their pain to claim an unforeseen destiny they never imagined for themselves.