In a land ruled by conquest and treachery, an oath beneath the moonlight may be the only path to revenge.

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When her kingdom falls to the Empire, Nayana is forced into a nightmare. Her younger sister was meant to marry one of the empire’s ruthless generals to secure peace, but when she’s brutally murdered, the duty—and the danger—falls to Nayana instead. Yet she harbors a secret of her own: the strange, forbidden power to heal, a remnant of her heritage’s connection to Nira, the long-forgotten Goddess of the Sea. Nayana knows she is the general’s next target in more ways than one. Suspecting his true intentions, she flees into the woods with vengeance burning in her heart—and utters a desperate prayer for retribution.

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Her answer arrives on a cloud of moonlight—Tayak Dev, the elusive God of the Moon and patron of the lost, appears before her. Bound to his celestial domain, Tayak has his own motives: a longing to reconcile with Nira, the Goddess of the Sea, who slumbers after a quarrel that tore the deities apart. Tayak offers Nayana an ancient pact—the power to escape her life, and the power to destroy the General that shattered her life—but only if she agrees to awaken Nira in return.

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But as they navigate their alliance and missions, secrets begin to surface—Tayak’s true intentions are far more dangerous than they seem, and Nayana’s desire for vengeance might not be as consuming as the spark of something else entirely. In a world where gods can fall, mortals can rise, and ancient magic carries devastating consequences, Nayana and Tayak must decide whether to rewrite the destinies they’ve been given—or crumble beneath the weight of their own tragedies.