Fractured ground, a creaking gate, a cold judgment: live and forget, or die together. As time bleeds away and the portal shrinks like a failing heart, Zaffre and Claret cling in a last, desperate embrace their love defying fate with a scream that shakes realms. Will time let them meet each other again?

Jaireh, known as "Roulette," is a killer without conscience-until his wife, Rheanna, assigns him a target he can't bear to eliminate. Ysabelle, his greatest love, is in the crosshairs, forcing him to choose between duty and a love he thought was lost forever.