The world is a broken and battered place. Every choice comes with its flaw. Every good comes with its wrong. Here in the kingdom of Adrea, that is no different. Experience through the eyes of one tyrannical king with visions of the future: Oz Zyrachtiel, and the eyes of a poor girl with big dreams aching to come true: Astrea Nethers, as the two of them witness and combat the consequences of each other's choices.
How do their destinies intertwine? Will any of them find what they want so badly, or in the end will it be forever unobtainable?
In the heart of the Night Court, Loralei has spent her life honing her skills in combat, refusing to be the girl who waits in the shadows. Born to Gwyneth Berdara and the legendary shadowsinger Azriel, she is the embodiment of strength-sharp, quick, and deadly. But beneath the surface, something stirs within her, an inheritance she doesn't fully understand, a latent power tied to her nymph heritage.
When Kieran, a cunning thief from the Court of Nightmares, crashes a ball to steal a mysterious relic, he has no idea that his mission will entangle him with the daughter of a shadowsinger. Loralei should kill him where he stands. Instead, she finds herself drawn to him in a way she can't explain, as if something within her is reaching out.
As the relic becomes the center of a brewing war between the Night Court and the Autumn Court, Loralei begins to feel the pull of something darker, something powerful-an unspoken force that is tied to her bloodline, yet she can't quite control.
Bound by fate and their own dark abilities, Loralei and Kieran must navigate treachery, political intrigue, and a dangerous attraction neither can afford. But in a world where shadows whisper and unknown powers lurk, temptation can be a deadly game.
The next generation of the Night Court rises. And a game of courts is about to begin.