How do you decide who you want to spend the rest of your life with? Do you go with the golden boy? The hopelessly handsome one who seems to have it all. The boy who knows all your secrets and still accepts you for who you are. The boy who is your equal in every way. The boy everyone expects you to choose. Do you go with your best friend? The prodigy with a chip on his shoulder and a serious inferiority complex. The boy who just wants you to be happy. The boy everyone wants you to choose. Or do you make the risky choice? The boy with a rocky past and an uncertain future. The boy that's been with you every step of the way. The boy that makes you feel safer than you've ever felt. The boy everyone warns you away from. Biana Vacker has finally manged to convince Sophie Foster to apply for a Matchmakers Scroll, but unexpected complications ruin her plans and Sophie has to weigh matters of state with matters of the heart in this aged-up take on Shannon Messenger's "Keeper of the Lost Cities" series.

The Neverseen take Sophie's memories of all that's happened since Fitz found her in San Diego and twist them to make her see the Black Swan as the enemy and the Neverseen as allies. Believing the Black Swan and all her friends manipulated her for years, she joins the Neverseen, helping them with their plans, which are finally being revealed. How far will she go before it's too late? In a world where right is wrong and truths are lies, how will she keep from losing everything she holds dear? [ all the amazing characters and the overall plot belong to the one and only Shannon Messenger, but the storyline & au is mine! ]

The Neverseen have been defeated. But Phoenixes always rise from the ashes.... Five years have passed. Five years for plotting. Five years for scheming. The Neverseen will stop at nothing until the Moonlark is no more. Moonlarks never rise from the ashes, reborn. So neither will Sophie Foster. Characters created by Shannon Messenger. This story is not canon to Keeper of the Lost Cities. Any plot that has not already been established in the main series is purely fictional. *THIS STORY BEGAN BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF LEGACY. ANY OCCURRENCES SIMILAR TO THE PLOT IN LEGACY AND ANY KOTLC BOOK AFTER IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL. THIS STORY WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR THE BOOK FLASHBACK AND ANY BOOK PRIOR TO FLASHBACK.*