Helia has spent her life in the shadow of her elegant and charming best friend, Elysia. After a series of troubling dreams revealing a darker side of her friend, she begins to notice unsettling similarities with reality and starts questioning the true value of a friendship that once defined her life.
Seeking clarity and a sense of purpose, Helia turns to the one thing that has always grounded her: science. As the empire faces a crisis with deadly creatures spreading an unknown venom, she’s determined to prove her worth and break free from her past by throwing herself into finding a cure.