Caro Davis has spent the last twenty years living a perfectly normal life—college classes, close friends, loving parents, and the steady rhythm of the ordinary. Until the night she stumbles across a glowing circle deep in the woods. Drawn in by a strange, magnetic pull, Caro is swept into a world unlike anything she’s ever known—one filled with knights, magic, tyrant kings, and cutthroat political games. The power feels strangely familiar… but the danger is all too real. Caught in a web of manipulation spun by powerful men who see her as nothing more than a pawn, Caro refuses to play by their rules. She’s spent her whole life choosing her own path—and she won’t stop now. But freedom comes at a cost. To keep control of her fate, she must risk her life. And when the trials begin, she’ll face a brutal cling to her own desires—or sacrifice everything to save a world she never knew existed.