An enslaved mage whose tongue wields immense power, yet she’d rather stay silent. A mysterious prisoner whose enchanting words cannot be trusted. An impossible journey with monsters and mistrust at every turn. A race against time where failure means certain death.

And their real challenge hasn’t even begun.

Kidnapped as a child for her magical ability to speak any language and sold to a distant king, Shay Navarro thought she’d never find a way to buy her freedom and return home. Until she’s presented with a deadly task no others dared accept—escort a shackled prisoner and a hardened warrior across a harsh continent overrun by monsters and divided by distrust. But this means crossing a brutal desert ruled by Noktal, the legendary Nightbeast who’s terrorized Shay’s dreams since childhood, and whose divine destiny—she’ll discover—is dangerously bound to her own.   

The prisoner, Dexx Rendhal, is an alluring deceiver being ruthlessly hunted across multiple lands for reasons unknown. His one chance for survival lies in a unique power that Shay secretly possesses. She was meant to be his unwitting tool, but the closer he gets, the more he risks his mission and his heart.

When Dexx and Shay’s warrior protector unexpectedly falls, Shay is forced to use the forbidden power she’d buried long ago—speaking the divine language of gods and beasts, if it doesn’t tear her mortal body apart first.