When the academy’s outcasts are forced to choose the familiars no one wants, Faye ends up with a useless bear that can’t even cast a basic spell. But the moment a noble girl steals the beast from her, Faye realizes the impossible—both of them remember a past life buried beneath an endless winter curse. Now, surrounded by enemies, mocked for her bloodline, and bonded to an abandoned fox everyone calls defective, Faye has only one rule left: survive long enough to uncover why her former companion came back… and what terrifying secret the so-called “worthless” beasts are hiding.