The mountain is sealed, but the dream is not over.

In the aftermath of fire and flood, Mariselle and Seraphine return to a valley fractured by worship, hatred, and fear. To some they are saviors. To others, blasphemies. To all, they are scars that cannot be ignored. But symbols are only another kind of chain—and every chant, curse, and prayer threatens to twist their vow into a crown they never sought.

Haunted by the Ash Mother's echo and hunted by those who would kneel or kill in their name, the sisters must endure not only the ruin of the valley but the weight of what survival means. Ronan's blade burns with fury, Kaelen's vow is carved in silence, yet even their strength cannot shield the sisters from the truth: despair lingers, patient and cruel, waiting for them to falter.

As shrines rise from rubble and whispers turn to prophecy, the question is not whether the sisters can break their chains.

The question is whether they can endure long enough not to become them.