A year ago, Evolet Northwhit was just a human being sold on the Slaver's Way who found herself bound to the Tayan royal family. Finally free of the cruel Prince Warrick Banden, she seems to have even less knowledge about her world than ever before. Now, she's in the heart of Queen Snaedis' court, a simple pawn to be used to enhance the queen's powerful tracking abilities. She learns that the dark stories she grew up hearing were not only right-but now it's her job to find the dark creatures she has only read about. If she fails, she risks Collapsing the queen-or worse, herself. With Prince Kyrell scheming to drag her into the Court of Darkness, she finds herself bound to him when he calls in bargains she never meant to make. Intent to keep her on his side, Kyrell will stop at nothing to have Evolet. As she gains more knowledge of this new world, Evolet discovers that she holds far more power than she ever believed. With new friends, great loss, and new things to explore, will Evolet finally use this power to carve out her slice of freedom?