A kingdom in turmoil. A witch unknown. A shared destiny of blood. Everything has a price—and for witches, the price is death. Layla doesn’t think herself a witch. She simply enjoys the company of animals more than humans. When she and her mother are forced from their home by a band of ruthless mercenaries, they set out, hoping that the king will help. But the king’s attention lies elsewhere as a civil war rampages in the east. Graham is a man with many secrets, a monster behind a man’s face. After he is poisoned and betrayed by the woman he loves, the same villagers whom he made homeless help him. He knows he should not remain with them, but he has nowhere else to go. As hard as Layla fights it—and as much as Graham denies it—they are drawn together. Her innocence attracts him, and the air of danger he wears attracts her. Two hearts, one witch. Theolosia only welcomes witches one way, with the pyre. The anti-magic zealot on the throne is not the only threat Layla and Graham must face, for while his old love plots for power, demons wearing familiar faces hide in the shadows. Only together can Graham and Layla survive the upcoming days—that is, if they stop denying each other first.