A missing sister. A forbidden Fae realm. Seven days to choose between her humanity and the immortal warrior willing to sacrifice forever for her.

For ten years, Ivy True has searched for the sister who vanished without a trace.

Every clue has led her back to Bramblewood Forest, to ancient standing stones linked to centuries of unexplained disappearances and whispered stories of the Fair Folk. Ivy has never truly believed the legends.

Until the stones open.

Dragged through a tear between worlds, Ivy awakens in Faelume, a breathtaking realm of ancient magic, dangerous bargains and immortal Fae. But humans were never meant to survive there. The magic in the air is changing her with every breath, and without help, Ivy will either die or become something no longer entirely human.

The only reason she survives at all is Kreal Shieldbrean.

Shadowborn warrior. Oath-bound champion of the High Queen. Three hundred years old, impossibly powerful, and the one Fae who should have delivered Ivy straight to the throne.

Instead, he hides her.

Because from the moment Kreal touches Ivy, something between them awakens that neither can ignore.

Now Ivy has seven days to uncover what happened to her sister, survive a Fae court ruled by the ruthless Queen Morrigan and decide whether returning to the mortal world is still what she truly wants. Every answer draws her deeper into Faelume, where bargains carry hidden prices, powerful Fae see her as something to possess, and the warrior protecting her is becoming far more dangerous to her heart than the realm itself.

But Kreal is hiding one devastating truth.

There may be a way to save Ivy from the transformation.

A forbidden blood oath could bind their souls together and allow her to remain human, but saving her would cost Kreal his immortality, his power and the endless life he has known for centuries.

He is willing to sacrifice forever for her.

Ivy must decide whether she can let him.

Because finding her sister brought Ivy into Faelume.

Falling in love with Kreal may make leaving impossible.

And some love stories were never meant to belong to only one world.