Forced to step into her mistress’s place, Sylvia will not accept a life of silence and submission. To save herself and her sister, she makes a perilous bargain: becoming the Ghost Mate of Tana, the cursed older brother of Lord Brycen, who is already fading away. Tana hides behind a wall of coldness, yet Sylvia discovers warmth beneath it—and a love neither of them expected. As betrayal unfolds and long-buried truths break open, she faces a choice between escape, payback, and a love that may not survive.