Heilala is no longer awakening. It is reaching for her.
Hidden Hybiscus is a lush romantic fantasy of awakening magic, forbidden truths, and a kingdom trapped beneath a wicked curse, where the past has been buried for twenty years and remembering may be the most dangerous thing of all.
Twenty-one snowflakes once marked me.
Now every one of them is gone.
I am Myst Silvraim. I followed the whispers beyond the frost of Sneeuwvlok, only to awaken in a realm of impossible color, restless seas, and a volcano stirring after twenty years of silence.
Heilala is unlike anything I have ever known. Its people greet me with warmth, Sage has vanished, and Olyvia knows more than she dares reveal. Even Mykah, the infuriating warrior determined to train me, seems to be waiting for me to understand something no one is willing to say.
But Heilala is keeping stranger secrets than theirs.
An ancient phoenix watches me as though we have met before. A seer speaks in riddles I cannot forget. Something hidden within the caves pulls at memories that should not exist. And among the amethyst blooms covering the realm, a single white hybiscus seems to hold significance.
The deeper I venture into Heilala, the more the impossible begins to feel familiar. Magic answers me when it should not. Fragments of a forgotten past slip through the cracks. And every path I follow seems to lead toward a truth someone has gone to extraordinary lengths to keep buried.
Something in this realm recognizes me.
Something has been waiting for me.
And whatever lies hidden beneath the petals of the white hybiscus may unravel everything I believe about who I am.
