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A family never spoken of, a past shrouded in deception where hybrid humans walk the surreal landscapes of hidden islands now severed from the world. Scarlett and her cousins are taken from sheltered lives in Chicago and thrust into a life they never imagined filled with secrets and betrayals, where power and ancestry count for more than kindness. After being inducted into a university where they learn to call the elements to become Mother’s Guardians, they discover they’re something more than human while wading through the politics of Tidings and attempting to cultivate relationships with family left behind. Scarlett finds herself torn between the charismatic future Prime of her people and a dangerous outsider who’s set his sights on her.

No one knows who is creating creatures from Guardians on Thrimilci. In an effort to accelerate their training, Jett and Slate take Scarlett and her cousins to defeat a new monster threatening the coast. With the Regn brothers in tow, they find more than they bargained for. 

With more detrimental news of rogue creatures to add on top of the appearance tribes on islands, they must tell the greater family council what they’ve discovered and open Thrimilci up to the scrutiny of the council. Others seek to influence the Sumars and seize power amid the upheaval. Scarlett might be right in fearing them more than the creatures who only threatened her life.

When confronted by the choice to either fight or flee, Scarlett chooses the hard fight.

With the power struggle between Ash and Slate gaining in, Scarlett turns to one of the Regn brothers, Brass, for help. Her heart is severed in an unexpected way. 

Since becoming immersed in the mystical world of Tidings, Scarlett discovers family ties that were abandoned as she gets to know her father. Hopes of becoming a happy family come to a screeching halt as those that chased her mother to Chicago resurface and Scarlett faces a torment, the likes of which she had not fathomed. 

Her best effort to move on and compete in the Wild Hunt to become a Tried and True Mother’s Guardian, to finally complete her first year at Valla University, is deterred as a new pain is brought. Scarlett unveils her biggest secret yet, one not even known to her.

Since her mother’s death, Scarlett has given in to what pleasures she can find, and a new determination to fight for what she wants is born of that pain. Jett and Tawny work to keep her from slipping further from the family and help to give her hope. That hope takes shape when Scarlett is abducted and given to the Merfolk. Her addiction to rousen trumps all else, just as other always warned it would. 

When it feels as though all is lost, Scarlett allows herself to fall in love. With him in her corner, she conquers the Shadow Breakers and takes them in a new direction to help find her mother’s murderer within the Stygian Knights.

Indigo reels at the upheaval in her life. She finds solace from an unlikely admirer. Her heart becomes a battleground, and she withdraws from the family she’s been missing. Indigo finds herself more alone and vulnerable than ever when Scarlett must make a hard choice that leaves Indigo behind.

Scarlett thought she left her life in Tidings behind. Chicago wasn’t how she remembered it and her attempts at finding a new happiness is hampered by the knowledge that Slate will always love her — and never forgive her. Her heart is divided, but her mind is whole when she made the choice to put the Dagr line ahead of her own happiness. She didn’t grasp that her actions meant she took Slate’s happiness with her. 

When Indigo’s emails go unanswered and there aren’t updates from Scarlett, the family enlists Brass to check on her. A decision that will change the course of all their lives.

Slate is back but hasn’t woken from his coma. There’s no telling if he will wake or what his mental state will be if he does. Scarlett’s peace is in constant turmoil with Peak’s presence, clouding her judgement. Until Slate wakes, there is no one strong enough to stop him. Her relationship with Brass is shattered, and neither know where they stand. 

Indigo feels the chasm seep into her bond with Quick. Her already torn heart feels the strain.
With the Faunelle’s prophecy revelation, Scarlett and Indigo must put aside their wants and needs for the greater good. New adventures, secluded tribes, and perilous negotiations — they seek out other pieces of the prophecy, risking everything and everyone they hold dear with the recent deaths of loved ones looming over them. 

As Scarlett and her family prepare to become Tried and True Guardians, Stygian Knights make their own plans. 

Slate’s memories haven’t returned, Brass avoids her, and Ash becomes her shoulder to lean on as, together, they learn to govern Tidings. The end of their grief and torment is close at hand, and Scarlett feels the turn in the tides coming as long as she continues to go along with Ash’s increasing demands.

While Quick Silver and Indigo have settled into their public relationship, concern grows as Scarlett’s pregnancy shows and her time is spent with the ones she used to loathe, and more time than ever on her own.

With enemies so close, it’s impossible to see the danger coming.

Faced with the end of their world as they know it, Scarlett senses that their lone chance of survival is uniting the tribes and gaining back the islands. Mélange creatures, bred by the Stygians, surround Valla University and terrify the towns along with new evils created with leshy magic. Tidings remains divided, and the university is under siege. Indigo remains in the clutches of the Stygians after failed rescue attempts, and Thrimilci is the sole island recovered after a grisly battle.

Only fulfilling the prophecy will save them, but in doing so Slate will die — a choice Scarlett will have to make.