Every language tells a story. This one could rewrite two lives.

Professor Dailene Muzana has devoted her life to Tovamoric, the ancient language said to be the first gift from the gods. But with her ridiculous standards driving students away, her department is facing closure. And it’s a little hard to prove her relevance when she’s offended her entire faculty…

The research isn’t the problem. Dailene is.

A fisher struggling to stay ahead of her father’s debts, Mio Amar is more comfortable on the oceans than in a classroom. But when Dailene offers her a scholarship to the prestigious Adalyss College in exchange for three months as her language aide-and presenting her research at the Annual Forum-Mio sees a chance to build a future beyond the docks

All she has to do is survive working alongside Dailene.

But Dailene has little patience for mistakes, and Mio asks exactly the questions she doesn’t want to answer. As tensions explode into revelations that go deeper than research, they’ll have to decide what matters more: being right or being understood.

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