She followed every rule… until he broke hers.

Captain Delphine Julian and her motley crew are hell-bent on traversing the woods of Artemysia to seek help. No one has ever made it through the wicked forest, and there may be no one on the other side. But Delphine and her team are the only ones standing between the deadly Syf and human civilization… if only they can stay alive long enough to defend it.

Their best hope is working with the king’s secret weapon, the mysterious assassin Riev. Coerced into joining the mission, Riev may get them all killed. He’s exactly the kind of trouble Delphine has avoided all her life. But when unexpected passion ignites and the forest reveals a horrendous secret, they must learn to trust each other before humanity’s last hope is extinguished.