A dangerous secret. A desperate love. A terrible fate.
Earth Bear is a Pillar, wielding magical power, destined to be sacrificed for the greater good. She has a secret she’s keeping, protecting an enemy of the Empire from afar. In the night before her ritual death, he intervenes.
Too shocked to resist, Earth allows him to handle their escape. However, guilt about leaving her House to die and breaking her promise to her lover Sky poisons Earth’s heart. With the Empire’s army pursuing them into the Northlands, can …