For twelve years, Liora Blackwood has been a ghost, hiding in the fog-shrouded town of Port Mercy from the cult that murdered her family and covets the magical legacy in her blood. She is the last of her line, a witch whose raw, untamed power is more a curse than a gift-a force of nature she barely controls and that terrifies her as much as any enemy. Her only guardian is Dorian Vale, a man bound by a generations-old vow to protect her. He is her shadow, her watcher, a constant, brooding presence who keeps the world at bay but whose own obsessive devotion feels like another kind of cage. When the cult finds her, the fragile peace of her hidden life shatters. Forced to flee, Liora discovers the truth: the power she possesses is anchored by an ancient artifact, the Heartstone, making her not just a witch, but a beacon for a darkness that seeks to unmake reality itself. To survive, she must stop running and become the weapon she was always meant to be. But in a war fought with magic and memory, Liora and Dorian will discover that the only thing strong enough to fight the encroaching void is a truth so absolute it could cost them their power, their lives, and the very world they're fighting to save.