Serenya watched the man she loved die protecting her, and Kallan's final promise was impossible: he would find her in the next life. The goddess of light heard him. Much later, a human named Koen arrives in a world shaped by the old war between fae and vampires, carrying dreams that do not feel like dreams and instincts that belong to someone he has never met. Serenya has spent too long living with grief to trust the hope he awakens in her. Koen cannot explain why her face feels familiar, why danger around her pulls at him like memory, or why every step deeper into the fae court seems to uncover pieces of a life he should not possess. Their connection grows through political tension, magical trials, and the threat of enemies who have not forgotten the blood spilled in the last war. Attraction becomes recognition, but recognition brings its own danger. Serenya is still a princess caught between duty and a fragile kingdom. Koen is a man becoming entangled with powers and promises that began before his birth. Someone within the court is willing to use old hatred to fracture the peace, and the closer Serenya and Koen come to the truth of their bond, the more valuable they become to those who want control of it. Love once failed to outrun death. This time, if they want a future together, they will have to discover whether destiny returned Koen to Serenya as a gift or as the opening move in another war.
Serenya watched the man she loved die protecting her, and Kallan's final promise was impossible: he would find her in the next life. The goddess of light heard him. Much later, a human named Koen arrives in a world shaped by the old war between fae and vampires, carrying dreams that do not feel l...