Rowan has spent most of his life fearing the future. His uncontrolled echoes arrive as violent fragments of what might happen to the people around him, never clear enough to explain how to stop the danger and always painful enough to remind him that an ordinary life is impossible. Then one vision shows him a young woman with startling clarity. Elara has just arrived in Briar Glen carrying problems she does not know how to escape, and Rowan cannot ignore the certainty that something terrible is moving toward her. Protecting a stranger should be simple. Falling for her is not. Elara is wary of promises, especially after living with people who taught her how easily care can turn into control. Rowan's quiet attention feels different, but the closer they become, the more his visions intensify. Someone else is watching Elara too. Dorian's fascination becomes obsession, and the power gathering around him turns possessiveness into a threat neither Rowan nor Elara fully understands. As supernatural abilities emerge and hidden pieces of Rowan's missing past begin to surface, the future becomes harder to separate from the forces trying to shape it. Rowan can see disasters before they happen, but every echo ends before the answer he needs. Elara refuses to be treated like a helpless victim, yet surviving what is coming may require trusting the man whose mind is already tangled with her fate. If Rowan's visions are warnings, they may still have time. If they are inevitabilities, love could be the one variable dangerous enough to change the ending.
Rowan has spent most of his life fearing the future. His uncontrolled echoes arrive as violent fragments of what might happen to the people around him, never clear enough to explain how to stop the danger and always painful enough to remind him that an ordinary life is impossible. Then one vision...