In Jaraan, silence and stillness are sacred virtues... and nineteen-year-old Sahira Raazaan has always been the perfect covenant daughter. She's betrothed to the town's golden boy, and her future is arranged, her desires contained.

But as the day of her wedding draws nearer, Sahira meets the gaze of a forbidden stranger – a Mehr'an musician.

And something ancient stirs awake within her blood. Water begins to respond to her presence in ways that defy explanation. The river calls to her in dreams. Blue patterns emerge beneath her skin. And she begins to unravel the mystery of her mother's disappearance.

And Sahira begins to want things she has no right to want.

With her marriage ceremony approaching and her family's honor at stake, the carefully constructed walls of her life begin to dissolve. And Sahira is faced with choices that could unravel everything...