Term two at the Melorian Academy. Angels are falling from Heaven. Among them, an archangel named Gabriel. Wings burnt and bloody, Gabe entreats Bash for peace with a scroll signed by many angels. It's up to Bash to trust him-an angel, forever an enemy-and pave the way, leading the forgiving generation.
The repercussions of term one still ripple out; Bash survived students, invaders, and his first battle with the infamous witch, Jacqueline DeWinter. DeWinter now resides in a cell in The Tower, an island prison. But her nephew, Asher, freely stalks the halls of the academy. Joanna Nympha-Harlem goes magically undercover to steal Asher's heart, and his family secrets, but will she be too late to stop his plans to take down the Legacies and free his aunt?
An Ouro approaches Bash, a magick like his grandfather, who shares his resented, misunderstood power. But when the Ouro tries to teach Bash to accept a fundamental part of himself, Hella kicks him out of the academy, leaving Bash alone and confused.
Bash's relationship with his parents is more strained than ever. When he overhears a conversation between them, revealing a magical secret of the circumstances of his birth, it all starts to make sense. Why his mum has always resented her eldest child, her promised Firstborn.
It's the dawn of a new era. For decades, Bash's parents strived to be the leaders of peace between magicks and humans, but was it forced? It was out of the human and magick communities' hands. Resentment begins to rise. Jacqueline DeWinter wants the Legacies off the metaphorical throne, and intends to claim it for herself, by any means necessary.
