"You have completely destroyed the version of me that existed before you, and I would let you do it again. Every lifetime. Every world. Every version of me that could exist."

Violet and Sebastian's bond grows stronger by the day, but unanswered questions weigh heavy—because Violet is the light where Sebastian is the dark, and the world has never been kind to things that are not meant to exist together. Their crowns will not sit side by side. Their realms will not blend. And the Queen Mother's lands are carved right between them.

They may be powerful enough to challenge fate—but power has never come without a cost.

Will the very Sovereigns who once destroyed her realm be willing to let it rise again?

Or will they tear it down a second time before it ever has the chance to breathe?

Will they survive the distance their crowns will demand… or will ruling cost them each other?

While Violet is learning how to rule, how to wield a power that grows stronger every time she touches it, Bronwen is coming undone in ways she can no longer hide.

She has spent centuries holding herself together—burying the past, surviving it, pretending it no longer had the power to reach her—and now, despite everything she's done to outrun it, the cracks are starting to show.

Old names are beginning to surface where they shouldn't, and the kind of magic she once thought she buried for good is stirring again.

Because some things were never meant to stay hidden… no matter how far you run from them, or how carefully you try to forget.

The closer Violet gets to claiming her crown…

the more certain it becomes that someone is already waiting for her to fall.

But everyone knows there is no version of this world that survives if Violet isn't in it.

Sebastian won't allow it.

And Bronwen may be the sacrifice.