A prodigy witch. A king’s bastard daughter. The end of magic as they know it. Solihka’s childhood robbed her of everything, hope, faith, and her family, leaving her only one goal-create a spell to beat death. As a prodigy witch, and top of her class, there’s true potential for her to achieve this goal. Until a spell goes wrong, putting the only person she still cares about in danger, and she must turn to darker magics to save her life. Phaedra has been dismissed from home, a shameful reminder of her father’s past. She’s sent to the academy under the guise of gathering information for the king, but she knows the truth. No one cares what happens to her, and the academy is just somewhere to bury his burdens. But when she’s caught in the aftermath of Solihka’s spell, she may yet change the world. Desperate to right her wrongs and save Phaedra, Solihka seeks out every powerful method of separating the talisman siphoning Phaedra’s life from her. But she must remember, that magic always comes with a price, and she may not be the one paying the debt.