A rebellion worth dying for. A bond neither of them chose.
Rae Fairborn uses her forbidden magic to save the people she loves. In return, High Wizard Painya Rhine erases her from their memories. He drags her from home, and by the time she reaches his prison, she's barely alive.
The prison may be under his control, but Rae isn't.
Nick Devow has survived Matic's prison by keeping his secrets buried. Among them: a rebellion growing beneath the High Wizard's nose. He knows what saving Rae will cost the rebellion. He does it anyway.
Rae joins their fight, determined to make her captors pay and end the hunt for the gifted.
Some believe the gifted can save the dying regions. Rhine has convinced the world only he can find them—and he'll hunt every gifted soul until he does.
Among the rebels, Rae finds a family she never expected—and a longing for Nick that grows stronger with every reason she believes she can't have him.
When Rae and Nick are forced to magically Bond, even their most carefully guarded feelings are no longer theirs alone. Nick fights to bury his desperate need for her, convinced she still loves a man who no longer remembers her.
Returning home as a forgotten, Rae risks everything to protect the man she once loved, potentially exposing the secret that could make her too valuable for Rhine to ever let go. And this time, Nick may have nothing left to trade for her safety.
