Every choice Asha makes awakens a power she never asked for and enemies who will stop at nothing to take it. At seventeen, she should be worrying about school, friends, and what the future holds, not a mark on her wrist that pulses with an ancient, unpredictable power.Hunted by shadowed figures known as the Bound, Asha is forced to flee the city, guided only by Kael, a protector whose secrets are as deep as the forest they traverse. Each step tests her control, each breath risks revealing the power that is both her gift and her curse. Hunger gnaws at her, fear whispers in every shadow, and the weight of responsibility presses down like a mountain she cannot climb.The journey leads her to the peaks where her bloodline originated, a place older than kingdoms, older than history itself. Here, the truth of what she carries will demand more than courage it will demand choice. The power within her could save the world… or destroy everything she holds dear.Asha must decide: embrace a destiny she never wanted, or defy it and risk losing not only her life, but the legacy she was born to protect.