When Harper-newly awakened to her dangerous connection to the current beneath the streets-gets pushed into a "stabilization" crossing, she's bound to Anthony, an oathbound guardian meant to keep her controlled and contained. What the Archive calls protection feels like a leash... until Harper learns the truth: Anthony wasn't a gift or a bargain. He was taken from the route itself.

With seven witnesses at her back and a bell that makes hidden powers answer, Harper challenges the ferryman who enforces the crossings, exposes the Curator who weaponized procedure, and forces a hearing that rewrites the rules. As her stolen memories return and Anthony's origin resurfaces, Harper must risk everything to restore what was stolen-without losing the man she's come to choose, freely and fiercely, in the present.