Fae dance with magic. Tech kill magic. Only she can walk between the two. The most powerful Cara on Thrae must return to the Academy and face trials that tests each of their fae powers. The prince who leads them. An ember who can call up fire with a thought. A dragon who fought in the civil war and was turned into an experiment. And the wolf neckromancer who ended the war by killing his brother-the fifth in their Cara. Fail even one of their trials, and their soul-bond will kill them. Succeed.... How can they succeed when someone is setting them up to fail...or worse, is out to kill the newest member of their Cara? Only their bond with the newest member of their Cara can save them, and each of the fae linked to Kinnia must give themselves to her. But their prince and commander refuses. He is determined to keep his distance for he cannot risk destroying their Cara and the three fae he loves above all else-especially not for a human woman.