Reiki is a young clockwork engineer with dangerous information locked in her head and no memory of how it got there. She is in turmoil. She's just received a rejection notice from the Academy, and she's flustered by a marriage proposal from Jude, a man she likes but doesn't love. Arthur is an aristocrat from a foreign land whose heart has grown cold from years of meeting women with an agenda. He's enamored with Reiki, but he must hold off approaching her romantically because of her memory loss. Their love will take time to form, facing challenges on many fronts. But after the flames of infatuation burn out, what pulls a rocket scientist and an oil baron together?

Chronomancers predict that the Coalition of Lightnings is on the brink of collapse.Chaos breaks out as telepaths begin an exodus to their homelands.Without support, it seems the Lightnings are losing their once iron-strong grip on the world.As the pillars of the world crumble around her, Kwan struggles to claim her future.Held back by her birthright, sought after for her powers, will Kwan be forced to give up the love of her life?*Note: This novella is #2 of a series featuring Kwan.