When Avelisse Morcant turned eighteen, an eerily precise tarot reading she cast made her name famous across Silverhold overnight. She foretold that the Cauldrake family, a once-great noble house fallen on hard times in Silverhold, would rise again in full glory within eight years, and know nothing but good fortune and smooth days ahead. When she turned twenty-one, Avelisse finished her training and stepped out into the mortal realm. She left the mountains where she had been raised and married Theron Cauldrake. Over the five years of their marriage, the Cauldrake family's fortunes climbed steadily higher, unfolding exactly as she had foretold. She had believed they would live out their days in warmth and happiness, growing old together.  But fate had something far crueler in store. She never imagined that one day, her husband would fall in love with another woman, and go so far as to force Avelisse to her death, without a single moment of hesitation. One wrong choice led to ruin after ruin for Avelisse. Every trace of her good fortune faded away, and she died alone, miserable, and cold. Yet later, word spread like wildfire. Theron Cauldrake, the richest man in all Silverhold, had knelt before the first great seeress for an entire night, begging for her forgiveness.