When Lila Hart's magic erupts without warning, the Concordat sends Keeper Ethan Rourke to manage the situation. His instructions are clear: assess her abilities, stabilize the surge, and keep the secret world secret.

What the instructions don't account for is a late awakening that refuses to follow any pattern the Concordat has on file, an operative who can't quite maintain the detachment the assignment requires, and a protected charge who is starting to get her own ideas about how to fix the situation.

The Concordat says they're protecting her.

But the more time Lila spends inside their world, the more she wonders what exactly they're protecting her from.