In a world teetering on the edge of ruin, where gods and mortals war with forces beyond mortal understanding, Sebille has spent her life in the shadows—hiding from the past, from the power she barely understands, and from the truth that could get her killed. When Sebille stumbles into the wrong hands, her carefully built walls begin to crumble. Rune Aetherwind, heir to an ancient and powerful lineage, has spent his life walking the fine line between godhood and mortality, duty and defiance. To his kin, he is a necessary weapon, a tether to the storm that rages within their blood. To his enemies, he is the golden lion—the one thing standing in their way. When Sebille's awakening power threatens to unmake everything in its path, Rune has no choice but to intervene. His people believe she is the cause of the land’s imbalance, the reason the winds howl with unrest. But Rune knows there is more to it, something ancient and unresolved, tied to both their pasts in ways neither of them fully understand. As dark forces rise, seeking to claim her power for themselves, Sebille must decide whether to keep running or face the truth of what she is. And Rune must determine whether saving her is an act of fate—or the beginning of his downfall. In a tale of gods and monsters, forbidden power, and reluctant alliances, the line between salvation and destruction has never been thinner, and amidst it all, blistering romance. And the storm is just beginning.