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Zora Toussaint was born in blood and bound to something ancient.
She doesn't know that yet.
Raised by her devoutly Christian grandmother, Zora's life has been shaped by silence-silent glances when she sees things no one else can, silent prayers when shadows follow her, and a lifetime of pretending her imaginary childhood friend never existed. But on the night of her 21st birthday, that silence shatters.
He comes back.
Older. Stronger. Real.
The boy from her childhood dreams is no figment-hes real.
As ancestral magic awakens in her blood and spirits stir beneath the Georgia moss, Zora must uncover the truth of who she is, what her mother died protecting, and how deep Elijah's obsession with her truly runs. Because he doesn't just want freedom.
He wants her.
And the Veil between their worlds is thinning.
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