When a bound dancer loses the only charm that controls the wild magic, a mysterious attendant with a dangerous appetite must retrieve it—and force her to honor a bargain—before the Order’s hunt for the Black Diadem consumes them both.

Three thousand years ago, seven heroes defeated the Blood Queen—a monster capable of reducing entire nations to ash—and sealed her away. Barriers rose. Peace returned. The land of Nyxaria survived.
But time erodes all things.
The barriers are failing and the monsters are returning—stronger, hungrier, and driven by something far darker than...

Rayi, the Shadow Queen, marks her victims with her symbol, eventually draining them of their magic. Eva has been marked by the queen but discovers she can use the queen’s dark magic...for a price.

Eva’s marks grow with each use of the shadow queen’s magic. It’s a race against time as Eva journeys to find a way to break the bond between them.

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