In the city of Morvale, magic never truly disappeared. It was simply outlawed.

Ancient magical contracts have been forbidden for generations, and those who still understand their language are hunted by the powerful Redactors' Office. Sabina Frost, a brilliant young reader of magical instruments, has spent seven years examining forbidden documents and uncovering the hidden dangers within their wording. Precise, disciplined, and emotionally guarded, Sabina trusts contracts far more than she trusts people.

Until a routine deathbed audit reveals an impossible clause:

"All debts return to the binder. The last of the line holds."

The mysterious wording leads Sabina to Soren Deveraux, a secretive bookbinder hiding an extraordinary secret. His body is covered with centuries of magical contracts inherited through his family line, making him the last living vessel of Morvale's forbidden sorcery.

But when Sabina reads one of those contracts, something changes.

A mysterious mark appears on her skin.

And an inexplicable supernatural bond begins to form between them.

As the Redactors' Office closes in on Morvale's last true sorcerer, Sabina discovers that her own family is connected to Soren's past. Fifteen years earlier, a mysterious magical deed was involved in the death of her younger sister.

Now Sabina must uncover who created that deed, why it was written, and what the strange bond between her and Soren truly means.

Because the deeper Sabina reads into Soren's past, the harder it becomes to distinguish between reading a contract, breaking a curse, and falling in love with the man who carries centuries of forbidden magic beneath his skin.