I am an orphan, and my world is an old attic, a sewing machine, and endlessly displeased guardians. He is a phoenix from a noble house—one of those who protect our world from the Darkness and its offspring that arrive with nightfall. We belong to different circles of society and were never supposed to meet, but one chance changes everything. Just one chance—and a simple, almost magicless girl is admitted to the Aelin Institute, finding herself very close to the golden denizens of the heavens. Just one chance—and ancient legends begin to revive. Just one chance… Or maybe it’s fate?