Starlah Rose grew up surviving more than living - abusive parents, a brother who vanished without a trace, and a loneliness that carved itself into her bones. So when an otherworldly stranger with impossible eyes saves her from the darkest decision of her life and disappears before she can breathe his name, she's left wondering if she imagined him... or if it was just another cruel trick of her mind. Years later, danger finds her again. So does Ardaleigh. His return awakens memories she shouldn't have - memories of a connection powerful enough to defy the laws of the Third and Fourth Realms. As the forces determined to keep them apart close in, Starlah must uncover why Ardaleigh risked everything for her... and whether their forbidden bond is strong enough to survive the realms that want it destroyed.