For years, Azara, daughter of a demon lord, has lived with the ashes of her past and the crushing guilt of her survival. Raised within the hidden Mythic Resistance, she fights a losing war against the fanatical Ecclesiarchy, haunted by the memory of Havenwood – the idyllic village destroyed by holy fire – and Caelum, the kind angel boy who sacrificed himself to save her from a fatal fall. She carries his presumed death like a shroud, the scar on her shoulder a constant reminder.
But Caelum is not dead. Scarred, broken, and believing Azara lost, he survived the fall and the years that followed, his grief hardening into icy vengeance. Now a ruthless warrior cutting a bloody path through the Ecclesiarchy forces responsible for their suffering, he is barely recognizable as the boy Azara loved.
When their paths collide violently amidst the chaos of the ongoing purge, shock gives way to a maelstrom of pain, relief, and rekindled longing. Forced into a tense alliance against the forces that tore them apart, they must confront not only the sinister Architect orchestrating the genocide but also the ghosts of their past and the dangerous chasm between who they were and who they've become. Azara clings to hope and mercy, while Caelum is consumed by a need for retribution that threatens to destroy them both.
As ancient conspiracies unravel and their volatile powers ignite in terrifying synergy, Azara and Caelum are drawn together by a love forged in innocence and sacrifice, yet tested by trauma and war. Can fire melt ice without being extinguished? Can a love born in tragedy survive the brutal realities of their world and the darkness within themselves to claim the eternity they were denied?