Elara Arden has spent her entire life hiding what she is. In the kingdom of Averyn, Bloodbound magic is forbidden and anyone discovered possessing it is sentenced to death. For twenty one years, Elara has lived quietly in the small farming town of Bellhaven, pretending to be powerless. But when a desperate act of magic exposes her secret, her carefully protected life comes crashing down. Now the Crown knows she exists. And they've sent their most feared executioner to find her. Kael Draven is ruthless, merciless, and infamous for hunting Bloodbound across the kingdom. Elara knows that if he catches her, she will die. So she runs. But the farther she gets from Bellhaven, the more she realizes that nothing about her past is what it seems and the man hunting her may be hiding secrets of his own. Because in a kingdom built on lies, the most dangerous thing Elara can discover isn't what she is. It's the truth about who wants her dead.