Inside the cold stone walls of Lasair Manor, she must answer to the name Rua Lasair even though it does not belong to her.
She was placed there to infiltrate the enemy, gather secrets, and report back to the man who sent her, with death waiting if her cover fails.
Lorcan Lasair, the boy from her hallucinations, meets her with a knife at her throat and sees the impostor at once.
He keeps her secret, but every day he taunts, bullies, and punishes her while demanding a higher price for his silence.
She should hate him, yet craving takes hold even as Deargán follows her from the manor corridors to Ravenwood's lecture halls and reminds her that she came to destroy Lorcan.
What haunts her now is not only exposure, but whether she can betray someone who might be worth saving.
