What is immortality and what is forever? When the ancient families send the Valknut to investigate a mysterious entity known as the Fog, they find yet another Sign. But what they find is beyond comprehension or expectation. Doubt is a killer. Young Aidan knows this best of all for his past is hidden from him and his future is even more unclear. Now an ancient evil has laid claim to his life and his only hope lies inside the walls of the Academy. Is the time for reckoning upon this world or are the signs misleading? Only time will tell, only the Immortal can show us the way.