Lyssa Varen was meant for a life of quiet scholarship in the Archives . But when her mother, the ruthless General Varen, forces her into the lethal Aetherian Conduit quadrant, Lyssa's world becomes a brutal military academy with a fifty-percent mortality rate . Fragile and physically weak, she must rely on her intellect and a rare, anomalous power of "stillness" to survive .
Her greatest threat is her new Wingleader: Teron Draken.
Lethal, powerful, and radiating a dark Void energy, Teron is the son of the rebel leader her mother executed. He's sworn to see her fail. But when Lyssa's research uncovers a devastating lie at the heart of the Spires-a secret that proves Teron's father was a martyr, not a traitor-her most dangerous enemy becomes her only possible ally .
Forced into a clandestine pact, their secret training becomes a volatile fusion of his crushing "Void" density and her neutralizing "Kinetic" stillness . As they conspire to expose the General and save the Spires from a threat far greater than either of them imagined, their shared hatred ignites into a forbidden, all-consuming passion .
Hunted by the General and betrayed by their allies, Lyssa and Teron must master their bond. But in a world where stillness is a weapon, their love might be the most dangerous chaos of all.
Their victory was absolute. Their exile is the price.
