The Long Night

On the longest night, the sky burns with thousands of colored lights, and from west to east run airborne ghost-animals. And one day—if you’re brave enough—you ask Midnight for a blessing and run with them to catch your beast and your fate by the tail.

That’s how Kessa became two-minded. The only trouble: the fate she caught didn’t suit her at all. And her true pair—destined for her by Midnight—also wasn’t it.

For six years now she’s been trying to choose a different path for herself. Settling in a city called Ogits, she studies at an evening school, works as an apprentice for an artificer, and dreams of one day opening her own shop. But when Kessa suddenly finds herself at the center of strange—and even cruel—events, she has to ask herself: can fate be kind to those who reject it? And is it possible to run away from what was meant for you?