She’d killed the assassin. So where’s the happy ending?

Sariah may be done, but Lucien’s master has just begun. He no longer seeks just her death.

Now he must kill all her friends too.

This time she must embrace the power of magic with all her heart. But a relentless series of obstacles block her way, and her mentor is losing both patience and faith.

Try as she might, all too soon time runs out. Half trained but fully determined, she sets forth to stop The Master’s minions before everyone she knows is lost.

But how can she protect her friends if she can’t even protect herself?