Anastasia Avignon has always known she was a witch. It’s only now that mysterious shadows have begun chasing her that things have started getting weird. Yes, weird even for a witch. For the sake of her safety, Anastasia has been taken to the Blackthorne Estate, run by Lady Mirabelle Brackens, a friend of her mother’s who she’s never heard of before. There, she meets Warren Brackens and Dara Robbins. But there's something curious about them. They seem to have access to more power than is normal for any witch...and she’s burning to find out why. When Anastasia begins displaying unnatural powers of her own, it only fuels her desire to find out more. As a long forgotten curse is revealed, Anastasia finds herself in a tangled web of whispers from the past. Like many other events in history, fear and shame have concealed the truth behind the fate of the last royal family. So why is it that now, centuries after their defeat, Anastasia is seeing their history everywhere? Why has she suddenly become the target of the one who destroyed them all those years ago? Anastasia is convinced that Warren and Dara have the answers to her questions, but is the price of their knowledge worth paying? Now she is being hunted, Anastasia must learn to trust in her own abilities and follow her instincts. But is Anastasia on a path predestined for her, or does she have the power to shape her own?

'The princesses were cursed for their selfishness and cruelty as was perceived by the creator of the amulet.' After the threads of secrecy begin unravelling, Anastasia finds herself in a race against time to protect those she loves from the wrath of ancient corruption. Eliza is still missing, and Anastasia must form unlikely allegiances in order to bring her home safely. All while navigating the complexities of her friendship with Warren, and the consequences of trusting him. Prophecies still linger over her head like a haunting nightmare, but could her attempt to outrun fate, have ensnared her within its clutches?