Some wounds never heal. Some loves never die. And some pasts refuse to stay buried.

In a land divided by dreams, the line between protector and monster is thinner than anyone dares to admit. Those who dream become the guardians of the realm. Those who don’t become the very things they were once meant to fear.

For Emmy, dreaming has never been the problem. It’s living with what she’s lost.

Haunted by a past she cannot outrun and carrying a grief too heavy to put down, Emmy has spent years trying to survive rather than truly live. But when an annual event brings him back into her world, the carefully constructed walls around her begin to crumble.

Orix.

The man she hoped never to see again. The man tangled in the very memories she’s spent so long trying to bury.

When they embark together on a dangerous journey to uncover answers, Emmy and Orix must navigate a world filled with monsters, secrets, and truths better left forgotten.

As old wounds reopen and long-buried truths come to light, they’ll have to decide whether the love they once shared deserves a second chance — or whether some things are simply too broken to mend.

A second-chance romantasy filled with slow-burning tension, sharp banter, undeniable chemistry, spice, adventure and all the emotional devastation of two people trying to find their way back to each other.

Because sometimes the hardest battle isn’t against the monsters in the dark. It’s against the ones we’ve carried inside us all along.

Please check the content triggers before reading. While this story has all the heart, heat and romance of a love story, it also explores deeply rooted emotional themes of grief, loss and unprocessed trauma.