Gallant

Sixteen-year-old Olivia Prior is missing three things: a mother; a father; and a voice. Her mother vanished all at once; and her father by degrees; and her voice was a thing she never had to start with. She grew up at Merilance School for Girls. Now; nearing the end of her time there; Olivia receives a letter from an uncle she's never met; her father's older brother; summoning her to his estate; a place called Gallant. But when she arrives; she discovers that the letter she received was several years old. Her uncle is dead. The estate is empty; save for the servants. Olivia is permitted to remain; but must follow two rules: don't go out after dusk; and always stay on the right side of a wall that runs along the estate's western edge. Beyond it is another realm; ancient and magical; which calls to Olivia through her blood...