A secret you thought was buried has a way of surfacing at the worst possible table, in the worst possible voice.

The afternoon light is already lowering, kitchen warmth pressing against old grief, and every careful word feels like a coin spent against someone who has decided not to forgive. What do you owe the people who love you when the truth you kept was meant to protect them? Some wounds don't want tending. They want blood.

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Narrated by Rebecca Hasler.

Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed.

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