In the Citadel, every rose has a heartbeat. And every heartbeat has a price. Elara has spent her life cultivating life in the soot and dirt, a Botanist trying to outrun the shadow of the car accident that took her parents years ago. When a mysterious lawyer contacts her about an unexpected inheritance, she thinks it’s the lifeline she’s been praying for a way to finally stop surviving and start living. But the legacy her parents left behind isn't money. It's a secret. In the corner of a forgotten estate, Elara finds a Mirror that doesn't reflect the room. Instead, it ripples with the light of a violet sky, offering a glimpse of a handsome, white-haired man who looks like a god. When her cat, Cleo, vanishes through the liquid glass, Elara has no choice but to follow. What she finds on the other side is a world that shouldn't exist. It’s a place where her cat suddenly has a lot to say, where she’s forced into the company of a grumpy, winged warrior and a colossal being of living stone, and where every step is shadowed by a silver-robed villain who wants to own her pulse. In a journey that fluctuates between the absurd comedy of a talking feline and the crushing tragedy of a carnivorous empire, Elara must learn that some roots are meant to be pulled. To save the man she loves and the world she stumbled into, impossible choices must be made. The glass is open. The archives are waiting. And the heart is the only key that fits.