Ava Blackwood once loved her family with all her heart, yet they doted on adopted sister Chloe and abandoned her, locking her in a psychiatric ward where she died alone at 18. She trades her ability to love for rebirth at a soul shop, returning to the day Chloe arrives. Cold and detached, Ava abandons all longing for her family. As she drifts away, her parents, twin brother and promised mate spiral into regret and collapse. Only troublemaker Jace, who once guarded her in despair,
