One wrong move could have deadly consequences for those they hold dear.

Adhaldhir is on the edge of collapse: once a flourishing kingdom renowned for its craftsmanship, now it's nothing more than an isolated land wasting away.

Used as a political pawn in a scheme she ignores, Freya finds herself thrown into a world she doesn't understand, brimming with magic and deadly secrets. Determined to use this opportunity to help her kingdom and those she loves, she seeks the aid of the impenetrable High King blessed by darkness itself, for something evil is brewing in the North, where the river separating the two realms springs.

Elendyr has fought for centuries to keep Dúnaer safe from those who want their demise. When Freya brings to his attention what is happening in Adhaldhir, he knows their time is running out. The deal she proposes is unfair, but he can't risk the lives of his subjects, not when his enemies are more daring and dangerous than ever before. He must find a way to stop them before it's too late, even if it means forming an unlikely alliance with a Lady hiding mysteries of her own.

Torn between her duty as the future Lady of Maleonennor and a freedom she's only ever dreamed of, Freya must deny every temptation, whether it's her thirst for knowledge or the dangerous, forbidden attraction to the very male she can never have.