Brutally murdered by her calculating stepmother and envious stepsister, Elowen claws her way back from the beyond endowed with an ominous supernatural gift: public animosity and malice amplify her magical potency. Branded an unholy demon by the noble court, she embraces the spreading hysteria, turning the corrupt aristocrats' bitter hostility into raw destructive energy while investigating the twenty-five-year-old murder of her biological mother.
Navigating a perilous labyrinth of courtly traps, Elowen relies on Kane, an enigmatic warrior who feigns betrayal in public while shielding her flanks in the shadows. As royal inquisitors close their perimeter, Elowen harnesses the fury of her persecutors to unveil the high-ranking conspirators who poisoned her lineage. Yet every surge of forbidden power threatens to corrupt her humanity, jeopardizing the peaceful future she craves with Kane.
