When Effie Dahl is taken as a First Wife, it changes everything. Suddenly, she's thrust into the Dellathian world where her Arcani magic is forbidden, and she begins to trust a man she should never love. Secrets start to unfold in this new world that are more deeply connected to her than she could have ever imagined. The spirits of Aether revealed that she is bound to two men-the Dellathian she was forced to marry and the Arcani who is convinced she will return to him to fulfill their betrothal quest. But in this world where people are not who they seem and secrets seep from the past, nothing in Effie's future is certain. Armed with an old tome that has been spelled shut, Effie must find the courage to fight for her people before the Fallbrook patriarch decides she's served her purpose as First Wife to his only surviving heir.