Seventeen shouldn't feel like the end of the world. But for Eliana Parker, it just might be.Hallucinations. A birthday disaster. And a boy who knows exactly how to push her buttons. Just another week in the life of the reluctant heiress of magic.When a crucial alliance crumbles and a dangerous quest demands her return, Eliana is thrown into a spiraling web of secrets-ones that were buried for a reason. With time running out, trust fracturing, and enemies circling closer than ever, she must decide who she's willing to become to save the world... again.Will she emerge a hero-or finally fall under the weight of the crown?One thing's certain: time isn't on her side.