The Legacy of Arniston House: Edinburgh Nights 4

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Ropa Moyo thought leaving Edinburgh behind might quiet her past. Working for the English Sorcerer Royal brings status and distance, a chance to step out from Scottish magic and its tangled loyalties. Then an old adversary resurfaces with a truth about her grandmother that shatters whatever balance Ropa had found.

She returns home to grief and accusation. Her gran is dead, murdered by unseen means, and suspicion settles quickly on Ropa herself. With the city watching and time tightening, she has little choice but to investigate the death that has already claimed her place in the world. What begins as a search for answers draws her into the shadowed work of a secretive cult, intent on reviving a power that Scotland has long kept buried.

The Legacy of Arniston House deepens the series’ blend of folklore and modern Edinburgh, threading family history with darker magic. It asks what we inherit from those who raised us, and how far we will go to protect their memory when the past turns dangerous.