The seals are failing. And this time, it isn't an accident.When a northern seal collapses under impossible pressure, Hazel and the Spell Casters are sent in with no margin for error. The breach is contained-but the signs don't add up. The materials are wrong. The balance is off. And someone built the failure into the design.As more sites begin to weaken, Cyrus leads the group into a race against time to hold the remaining rings. Nate tracks the aftermath of corrupted surges. Darian uncovers patterns hidden in old maps and records. Oriana follows the trail into Entaran craft, where the proof points uncomfortably close to home.For Hazel, the danger is no longer theoretical. The seals respond to her touch in ways they shouldn't. Threads push back. Pressure answers her presence. And the more she's pulled into the work, the harder it is to tell if she's reinforcing the wards-or being measured by them.Because the seals aren't just breaking.They're being tested.
