Born to a servant and an emperor, Lyra Crestwood lives as a shadow in the gleaming halls of an empire built by swordmasters and sovereigns. She bears the imperial name-but none of the glory. Mocked for her blood, dismissed for her lack of talent, and raised in the cold silence of indifference, Lyra has spent her life trying to earn a place in a family that never wanted her. Until now. When the memories of another life awaken within her-a girl who burned for freedom and refused to kneel-Lyra begins to question everything. What if her weakness was never a curse... but a cage? In a world ruled by legacy and blade, where bloodlines dictate fate, a forgotten princess dares to rise-not to claim a throne, but to forge her own destiny. She was never meant to be a Crestwood. She will make them wish she had been.