Desperate to find her missing best friend, Lily Brennanfalk follows a strange pull into Alternis, a realm of warring Fae and ancient grudges. The moment she crosses the threshold, something awakens inside her. Power she never knew she carried marks her as Vale Born, a rare and dangerously coveted ally in a conflict that has smoldered for a thousand years. Suddenly, rival factions want her loyalty… or her capture. Her only chance of surviving may lie in a perilous bargain with a devastatingly seductive male whose motives are as shadowed as the realm itself. But in a world shaped by the last Vale Born’s devastation, power is never simply a gift. And in Alternis, being wanted is far more dangerous than being lost.