Faelyn had torn through the forest for weeks. Sleepless, desperate, her voice raw from calling a name that never answered. The trees swallowed her pleas, the wind carried them away, and still, she searched. Until, at last, a letter arrived-Victoria's familiar scrawl slashing across the page. A single command: Find the archway. Hurled through a portal, she finds herself in the heart of the Kingdom of Jewels-a land of glittering courts and unseen dangers. An invitation to the Autumnal Ball places her face-to-face with the enigmatic King of Ressenia, a man whose secrets are as perilous as the crown he wears. But betrayal comes swift. A sacrifice shatters everything she thought she knew, leaving her in the hands of Alaric-a master of shadows, unreadable and ruthless. And when the Dryad Lords call, she must answer. Their trials push her to the brink, gifting her power beyond her wildest imagining. Yet even that may not be enough. Because Moros-the God of Despair, Weaver of Fates, Architect of Destiny-has already set his sights on her. His threads coil around the one who stole the throne from beneath her grasp, twisting fate to his will. And if Faelyn-if Hope-cannot break his hold, then everything, everyone, will be lost.