Amnesia

Avril wakes in a scorching desert with no memory of how she got there-and no explanation for the fractured mark burning beneath her skin. A raven-serpent clings to her like a living instinct. A silver-haired stranger pulls her into a cave that breathes. And every shadow whispers the same thing.

You've died before.

When the Cave recognizes Avril as something ancient and unfinished, it tears her memories open in a drowning of past lives-queens, prisoners, monsters, sacrifices-and every ending has one thing in common: she never survives.

The Court wants her reclaimed. The Deep wants her consumed.
And Soltren-the man who has watched her die more times than anyone-will do anything to stop both, even if it destroys him.

But the Deep Paths have their own laws.

Corrupted guardians stalk the tunnels below, feeding on lost magic and broken systems. The Cave repairs itself by taking what falls into its depths... including Soltren. Including the raven-serpent who protects her. Including the pieces of Avril she cannot afford to lose.

Dragged back to the Court half-broken, Avril falls into the hands of a king who would rather shatter her than let prophecy touch her again. Devin is forced to his knees. Elija is torn between loyalty and the truth waking inside him. And far beneath the Court, the Deep begins to repair what it has stolen.

Avril is not the girl the Court remembers.
She is not the queen the Cave once crowned.
And she is not done.

Because something ancient has started to wake inside her-
a thread that never broke,
a power that refuses to stay buried,
and a destiny the Court's lies cannot contain.

She has died a hundred times.
This time, she intends to live.