Kaia has learned to live with the impossible. Her closest allies are shadowkind monsters, her magic can turn fury into flame, and the four men at her side are becoming far more than companions. What she still cannot explain is herself. Humans are not supposed to wield power like hers, and the unanswered questions surrounding her parents’ deaths have become impossible to ignore. While Varek, Zev, Niko, and Draven continue their fight against the Order of Radiance, Kaia follows a trail into the past, searching for anyone who knew her family or the guardian who raised her. Every clue suggests that the hunters who have spent years capturing and torturing shadowkind may know more about Kaia than she does. The truth could explain her fire. It could also give the Order exactly what it needs to destroy the people she loves. As the danger escalates, so does the intimacy between Kaia and her unlikely protectors. Niko is fighting the terrifying side of his own power, Varek’s hard edges are beginning to crack, and the bonds with Zev and Draven make the idea of walking away from them harder every day. Kaia refuses to let fear decide who she can love or what she is allowed to become. But the deeper she digs into her origins, the clearer it becomes that her past and the Order’s plans are tangled together. To save her shadowkind men, she may have to unleash the very power her enemies have been waiting to see.
Kaia has learned to live with the impossible. Her closest allies are shadowkind monsters, her magic can turn fury into flame, and the four men at her side are becoming far more than companions. What she still cannot explain is herself. Humans are not supposed to wield power like hers, and the una...