When Harper—newly awakened to her dangerous connection to the current beneath the streets—gets pushed into a "stabilization" crossing, she's bound to Anthony, an oathbound guardian meant to keep her controlled and contained. What the Archive calls protection feels like a leash… until Harper learns the truth: Anthony wasn't a gift or a bargain. He was taken from the route itself.
With seven witnesses at her back and a bell that makes hidden powers answer, Harper challenges the ferryman who enforces the crossings, exposes the Curator who weaponized procedure, and forces a hearing that rewrites the rules. As her stolen memories return and Anthony's origin resurfaces, Harper must risk everything to restore what was stolen—without losing the man she's come to choose, freely and fiercely, in the present.
