She escaped. Now the world wants what she became.
Celeste escaped captivity with nothing but stolen clothes, a power she doesn't understand—and blood still fresh on her hands.
She's the only one who made it out.
Now she's alone. The bounty hunters tracking her were trained for this, and won't stop until she's back in chains. With nowhere else to turn, she disappears into the forest.
She didn't expect to find him. Or to need him.
Artemis lives alone for a reason. Quiet. Capable. More dangerous than he lets on. He knows the wilds, but it's the way he moves through them that sets him apart—like he's been hunted before and lived.
Under his reluctant guidance, Celeste begins to uncover the truth of what she is while glimpsing a power in Artemis that was never meant to be known.
What begins as necessity becomes something harder to ignore—something neither planned, and neither can let go.
People like them aren't meant to live freely.
Those with power are hunted, taken, or erased.
And now that she's been seen, running won't save her.
As the hunt closes in, Celeste must decide—keep running or turn back and fight for the ones she left behind.
Because survival is only the first step.
