It happened so fast. Her car dove off the bridge and crashed into the water below, submerging her, drowning her. It should have been her end, a rising star snuffed out by tragedy. For better or for worse, it wasn't. Deep beneath the river, Saya escaped the wreckage and rose light as air, buoyed by the burning power inside her. Something would not allow her to die. Not yet. Not before she'd served her purpose. As she soon learned, the Vessels of the Goddess cannot die before the Requiem. The shard of divinity inside her, the Goddess's Grace she'd shown through her dance, had protected her from death. But at what cost?