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She walked into a bookshop looking for a story. She never expected to become part of one.
Iris Hayes has always believed the extraordinary belonged between the pages of the books she loves.
Then she meets Atlas Blackthorne.
Guarded, mysterious and carrying secrets far older than he appears, Atlas belongs to a hidden world Iris never knew existed - a world of vampires, ancient magic and seven powerful houses bound by an oath thousands of years old.
At the heart of that oath stands the First Oak.
For generations, Atlas's family has protected the ancient tree and the darkness imprisoned beneath its roots. As a Guardian of the Blackthorne bloodline, Atlas has spent his life preparing to defend it - and believing that some burdens must be carried alone.
But when Iris enters his world, the Oak begins to change.
The light has chosen again.
With an ancient enemy stirring beneath the earth and others determined to set him free, Iris is forced to confront an impossible truth: she may be the one person capable of stopping what is coming.
Or the one who could unleash it.
Destiny becomes something far more dangerous than either of them expected. Because the prophecy was never simply about power.
It was about choice.
And sacrifice.
And about what happens when a man sworn to protect the world finally finds someone he cannot bear to lose.
Some destinies are written in prophecy.
Others are chosen by the heart.
