The Shadow Current has risen. The Heart is failing. And Talia’s shard now burns with both blue and black fire-proof that she carries the magic of two rivers inside her. As the real world begins to fracture under the weight of unbalanced magic, entire stretches of river vanish overnight, replaced by shimmering voids where memories collapse into silence. People forget names, places, even their own stories. The river is losing its past, and without its past, it cannot survive. Talia, Kael, and Mira journey toward the river’s true source, a place no map has ever shown, and no guardian has ever returned from. There, the Heart and the Shadow Current converge into a single, impossible landscape: a river made of memory, grief, and light. But the deeper they travel, the more Talia feels the Hollow forming inside her. The Shadow Current wants her to become its vessel. The Heart wants her to become its guardian. And the river itself whispers that she cannot be both.