In a single night, my former life collapsed: my father was gone, the house turned to ash, and the one I had considered my best friend was on the other side of the front. I dreamed of escaping the nightmare of war, of getting everything back and erasing what happened, as if it were just a bad dream. But his mark flared on my skin—and now I belong only to him. Will I be able to save myself, or will I drown in the darkness of his gaze?