Arianna never believed the old tales. Whispers of an underworld—a realm of the dead lurking beneath the land—were just stories told to frighten children. As a healer’s apprentice in a quiet village, she only worried about curing fevers and tending wounds.
But when the earth splits open during a violent storm, Arianne is cast into darkness. Lost and injured, she stumbles through winding tunnels and ancient caverns marked by ghostly lights and long-forgotten symbols. There, she finds chilling remnants of lost civilizations—and warnings that the underworld is not only real, but hungry for the living.
What begins as a desperate search for escape becomes a journey into legend. At last, she crosses the threshold into the true underworld, where the spirits of the dead wander in mist-filled halls of stone. And there, she encounters Tharos, the forbidding Guardian of Souls—sworn to keep the worlds apart.
To him, she is a dangerous anomaly.
To her, he is the key to returning home.
But neither of them expects the bond forming between them—a connection that defies the laws of life and death.
As forbidden desire blooms and rival underworld forces rise, Arianne must choose: risk her heart… or risk the worlds.