Every rightful twenty-year-old in Ett must endure Aon, a year-long rite of passage that decides the realm’s future leaders. For Ila Ehrling, it begins with a revelation at Midsommar, a secret that fractures everything she thought she knew:

 

A hidden family.

An unknown lineage.

And a destiny steeped in power.

 

Thrust into the snare of courtly intrigue, Ila must learn to navigate politics all while three suitors threaten to upend her carefully guarded heart: a devout admirer torn between faith and longing, a disarming noble with secrets of his own, and a brooding royal guard bound to her by oath and something far more dangerous.

 

But Ila’s path is more than power or passion. As the trials of Aon test her mind, body, and spirit, she begins to awaken a legacy of druidic magic tied to the ancient, maligned Banduri and to the fallen goddess of the elements, Gróna herself.

 

With war on the horizon and an ancient blood treaty at risk of collapse, Ila must decide whether to become the woman she once dreamed of being… or the diplomat fate demands.