Illusions of Shadows and Light

Astrid Swan survived being kidnapped, survived the Volturi, survived childbirth-and survived becoming a vampire.
But survival comes with a price.

After leaving the Cullens with her newborn twins, Ava and Lucas, Astrid has carved a fragile life in the remote Highlands of Scotland. Her children grow with impossible speed, their powers-shadow and light-rippling with ancient magic. Astrid's own gift of illusions evolves into something far more dangerous, capable of bending reality and unmaking minds.

She believes she's hidden. Safe. Forgotten.

She's wrong.

When a dangerous enemy resurfaces and the Volturi trackers follow in his wake, Astrid's secluded world collapses. Alec returns to her life-her mate, her weakness, the man she lost. Their reunion ignites old wounds and new desires, but the threat rising in the Highlands is older and darker than either of them imagined.

As Ava and Lucas become targets of a prophecy written in blood and shadow, Astrid must choose between love, freedom, and fate.
And when war shatters the peace she's built, she discovers the truth:

Some illusions protect.
Others destroy.
And some... were never illusions at all.