Hina has an invitation to study magic at the prestigious Qalarian Academy. With her unusually high potential, that's a path to real power—if she's bold enough to take it. All she has to do is back out of her arranged marriage and survive a trip across the dangerous wilds. Easy, right? But when the discussion with her fiance ends with Hina's kitchen knife buried in his chest, she and her little brother, Kai, are forced to flee. They'll have to outrun their pursuers and avoid roaming beasts a...