A princess wrestling with the sting of betrayal.

Dessa Deverell Ayveri no longer struggles with her magic, but realizing one close friendship was a lie made her question everything over those last few months, including herself and her control. Even as she focuses on learning more about both light and dark sides of her magic, she can't seem to make that tiny voice of doubt in the back of her mind disappear.

A queen grappling to connect with her past.

Cleo Lucerra Brandt, Queen of Arloerin, now has everything she's ever wanted – her family whole again and her kingdom secure. But even with that, she still has a difficult time trying to come to terms with what happened in her and her sister's separate pasts and what their future together would hold.

An assassin gripping onto a glimmer of hope.

Adeena Lucerra Brandt, Lady Addie Merlo, the Lady in White...she still doesn't know which name was truly hers. Even being back home with her sister and her grandmother, Adeena still can't forget another who had been with her for the better part of twenty years in the in-between. But how is she supposed to get someone back who had moved on to the land of light and shadows, even with her power over death itself?

And a sorceress whose curiosity will forever change her world.

Corliss Lucerra is back home, newly mated to the most loving and infuriating male she'd ever met, and trying to find her place in her world, even being the future Lady of Eld. But her curiosity still seemed to get the best of her as she continued her translation of an ancient text, one that spoke of an otherworldly magic...and other worlds all together.

Four females, four fates intertwined by time and magic, both light and dark.

And one death god who will do anything to rip his way through worlds to get to them.