When Anaria Ahnren is caught stealing to keep her chosen family alive, she faces execution. Her only escape is Lesadon, the academy of witches who bind their souls to magical animals called freyin. A place she’s already turned down. Still, she flees. 

Caught in a whirlwind of trials, vicious classmates, and forbidden romance, it takes Anaria too long to realize that the academy is not as fantastical as it seems.  Witches and freylin are disappearing. Rumors claim they’ve joined the heretic uprising’s ranks, but Anaria’s curiosity in the wolf freyin leads her to believe something far worse: they’re being forced to join with dark magic. 

As she searches for the truth, Anaria doesn’t realize she’s being manipulated into using forbidden magic and that the disappearances are about to be pinned on her. If she can’t uncover who’s orchestrating the scheme, she won’t just be hunted by the ward she’s falling for—she’ll become the next witch buried beneath the academy’s secrets.