Clara Graysword survives Eclipse City as a thief using illegal magic, until a failed job leaves her sentenced to life in prison for possessing the rare ability to ink tarot cards. Offered a way out by Prince Kaelis, the mysterious headmaster of Arcana Academy, Clara agrees to help him steal a powerful tarot card from the king to recreate a long-lost, world-altering artifact. Forced to hide at the academy as both a first-year student and Kaelis’s future bride, Clara is drawn into dangerous court politics and forbidden magic, where trust could cost her freedom, her heart, or control of immense power.