Azriel believes nothing but darkness follows him. While his brothers begin to live their lives with love and happiness, Azriel feels nothing but empty, certain that happiness would never find him amongst the scars of his dark past. Gwyn has overcome the most horrific of traumas. And survived. Now that she has won the Blood Rite, she is determined to start living her life again. Even as her trauma continues to haunt her. Offered a position in the inner circle, Gwyn finds herself working alongside the mysterious Shadowsinger. As their work brings them closer together, they realize that, perhaps, all they need is each other to rid themselves of their darkness once and for all.

Gwyneth Berdara. Priestess. Valkyrie. Scarred from a brutal past. Despite everything the world has thrown at her, Gwyn has rose like a rose among thorns- building herself up from the ground. But there is something festering in the Mortal Lands and it's mutating into something nasty and feral. Asked to help the Shadow Singer research further into the Trove, Gwyn begins to discover sinister truths surrounding her heritage and what happened at the Temple all those nights ago. It appears, blood is never thicker than water. SET AFTER ACOSF *Trigger Warning: ptsd, talks of SA, mature language and scenes, violence*