A heartbreaking story of self-discovery, romance, and the endurance of love. Forced from her home to train as a conduit in Felgren Forest, Ash'Arah is faced with accepting her new life or boldly denying any evidence that her magic is exponentially powerful. She has lived her twenty years with an independent spirit and iron will, but discovers that to be truly loved she must be willing to let all of herself be seen. Karus is a woman who wanders Felgren in a daze before discovering a green stone embedded in a dead tree. Having only the desire to explore the forest, she is suddenly forced to remember painful pieces of her past when the stone shows her what her heart has hidden. Readers of fantasy romance with spice will fall in love with this tear-jerking story of passion, loss, and the comforting reminder that to love is to live.