Claws reached for her, clasping around her throat and digging into her flesh."Let's play a new game, witchling." After barely surviving a battle with a dream demon, Amity and Luka finally have a moment to relax-until a mysterious invitation from the council arrives.
It's hand-delivered by Rune, Amity's flirtatious cafe regular, with intentions Luka doesn't trust...and someone Luka seems ready to rip apart.
For Amity, this invitation is a godsend. At last, she'll be able to break the curse on the necklace that binds her memories and silence its eerie whispers. At Mene's Academy for the Arcane, she might finally reclaim what's hers-and master the magic she was always meant to wield...if the lurking threat in its halls doesn't claim her first.
For Luka, it means returning to the one place he swore he'd never set foot in again. But he could never refuse Amity-not when he's the cause of her suffering.
Within Mene's walls, secrets long buried begin to surface. The council's grip tightens, and Rune refuses to stay away from Amity, becoming a constant presence in Luka's growing absence.
But something far more dangerous lurks beneath it all.
And it won't stop hunting until its hunger is satisfied.