Karina knows from her mother dozens of legends about the starry sky—that stars have a divine nature and that the brightest of them burn first. Sometimes Karina feels like those very luminaries. Too many trials have fallen to her lot, and her inner fire seems like it will soon turn to ash. But everything changes when she meets Kael. He’s hard not to notice: handsome, silent, can’t stand the smell of mint, clearly interested in Karina, yet closed off and completely not talkative. Karina catches fire with the idea of learning as much as possible about this person. But, as her mother warned her, the brightest stars burn first…