Her magic makes her an outcast. Controlling it might mean the end of her whole world.brAlaysha can kill with a mere thought. She's a water witch, a unique young woman with magic that can control the element with such precision that it dries living things to mere husks. But it's also a magic she can't control. And that makes her even more deadly. She's forced to live on the fringes of her village, an outcast who is feared and loathed. As daughter to the war-mongering leader, she is used as a weapon and no more. She'll do anything to win his acceptance. And she has. Terrible things. When a mysterious stranger claims to know the secret to guiding her destructive magic, she sees one last chance to save herself from a lifetime of loneliness. She just needs to trust the process. Trust the knowledge. Trust him. But the key might open more than she bargains for...