When nineteen-year-old Skylar Lark returns to New Orleans after her father's death, she expects grief, silence, and maybe a little healing. What she doesn't expect is a city thrumming with ancient magic, shadows that whisper her name, and a stranger at Mardi Gras whose eyes make the world fall away. Derek Moreau is beautiful, brooding-and not entirely human. Their attraction is immediate, dangerous, and undeniable. But as Skylar is drawn into Derek's intoxicating world of secrets and seduction, her own blood begins to awaken. Visions she can't explain. Powers she never trained for. And a name from the past that returns like a haunting: Céleste Lark-a witch who burned the world before vanishing into myth. Skylar's heritage hides more than spells. It hides a legacy powerful enough to unmake pacts, stir the dead, and call back things best left buried. Now, with a forgotten bond reawakening and an ancient force watching from the dark, Skylar must choose: protect the world from what she's becoming... or surrender to the fire she was born to wield. Love was only the beginning.
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