In a world where beauty is renowned, survival is a privilege, and disobedience is a death sentence. Iris has spent her life learning how to disappear. In Null, where the unwanted are sent to rot, grief is a luxury she can’t afford and loyalty is often fatal. But when a single act of defiance ignites a chain of destruction, Iris is forced to confront the truth she’s been running from: some systems cannot be escaped, they must be broken. Saint was raised to protect the world as it is. Trained to enforce order, he has always believed self-sacrifice was necessary for peace. Until the cost becomes unbearable. As the lines between duty and morality collapse, Saint must decide whether power can be wielded without becoming the very thing it was meant to stop. As fire spreads across the sectors and secrets buried at the heart of the Territory come to light, Iris and Saint are pulled toward an inevitable reckoning. One that will determine not only their fates, but whether the world they know deserves to survive.