The Keeper had taken her oath to protect Elden and guard the ancient secrets in the Book of Elden. Her journey to find the next Keeper had just begun when her path twisted into darkness. In a haunting vision, the ruthless dark wizard Fraisier struck, seeping poison into her veins-a slow, lethal curse that gnaws at her very spirit.Now, as her life wanes, her friends stand at a crossroads. Fraisier offers them a bitter bargain: her salvation, but only if they surrender her to him. To deny him is to watch her die, her light extinguished slowly, agonizingly, and with her, the Keeper's promise. Elden teeters on the edge, its fate bound to her friends' impossible choice.