The Dilmun Chronicles

She didn't choose Dilmun. Dilmun chose her.
Yona has spent her whole life running. Running from her past, from the people who wanted her dead, from a life that never felt like hers to begin with. So when a glowing red portal swallows her whole and spits her out into a world she doesn't recognise - she runs there too.
Dilmun is nothing like Earth. It has its own rules, its own language, its own secrets buried so deep that even the people smiling at her don't know the whole truth.
Or maybe they do.
Theadus never smiles. He saved her life without being asked, speaks in riddles she can't decode, and hides his face like it's the most dangerous thing about him. He might be the only honest person in Dilmun - or the most dangerous one.
When the truth about why she was brought here finally surfaces, Yona realises that surviving Earth was the easy part.
Dilmun doesn't want a resident. It wants a sacrifice.