Amora Lyselle is known at the Academy as the "Golden Child," a rare student born with a double pulse and the gift of shaping light. But beneath her celebrated title and her forced obedience to the influential Edens lies a secret she has yet to uncover. As her power begins to flicker and shift in ways she cannot explain, the mystery of her second heart beat starts to unravel. Amora must navigate the school's treacherous social hierarchy to discover the true, hidden reason she is special-a truth that could change everything she knows about her world.