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Long ago, the High Fae and the Children of the Gods rose in defiance against the immortal beings who once ruled the realm with unquestioned power. The gods fell. Their magic shattered like glass, and the balance of the world slipped into shadow.

Centuries later, unrest stirs once more.

The High Fae-silenced, bound, and broken by generations of oppression-whisper of rebellion in hidden corridors and moonlit halls. Among them moves a calculating Duke, patient and ambitious, laying plans as sharp as obsidian. Yet he is not the only force awakening. Beneath the earth, an ancient power long thought forgotten stirs from its slumber-bound by old betrayals, fueled by vengeance, and watching the coming chaos as its chance to reclaim what was stolen.

The Crown, still draped in tradition and fading magic, remains blind to the storm gathering beneath its feet. Their gaze is fixed not on revolution or war, but on her.

Nova, the youngest princess of the realm, was born wrong-an angel without wings, a flame without mercy. Marked from birth as an omen of ruin, she was hidden away and locked in quiet exile for over a century, her existence buried in secrecy and fear.

Until she escaped.

Now Nova runs across wild seas and glittering courts, fleeing not only her past, but the chains of prophecy and expectation. She seeks freedom, identity, and a future shaped by her own will. Yet secrets trail her like ash, and beneath her skin something older and far more dangerous stirs-an untamed power aching to break free.

Some would risk everything to protect her. Others would see her destroyed before the fire within her can fully awaken.

As the Celebration of Light draws near and the realm teeters on the edge of war, Nova faces an impossible choice: to keep her heart frozen behind walls of fear, or to let it burn-and reshape the fate of the world.

Because she was never meant to dwell in the shadows.

And what lives inside her was never meant to be silenced.