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Long before Clary Fray learned the truth about the Shadow World, the Clave buried one of its greatest sins.
Elara Herondale-firstborn of the Herondale line-was not only a Shadowhunter, but something far more dangerous. Marked by angel blood and corrupted by forces the Clave refused to understand, she became living proof that the laws governing Nephilim, warlocks, and vampires were never meant to overlap. When her power grew volatile, the Clave did not destroy her. Instead, they erased her-sealing her away beneath Idris and striking her name from history.
Her disappearance left fractures no one ever healed. Alec Lightwood lost the first person he ever loved. Isabelle lost her closest friend. And the Shadow World moved on, pretending the void she left behind had never existed.
Years later, as old alliances strain and the Accords threaten to collapse, Elara returns-controlled, unbroken, and more powerful than the Clave ever feared. No longer the weapon they imprisoned, she emerges as a force capable of rewriting the very rules of the Shadow World. Her return unsettles everyone: her estranged family, her former lovers, and the institutions that once deemed her too dangerous to exist.
With Magnus Bane at her side, vampire loyalties divided, and the Clave forced to face its own corruption, Elara rises to a position no one else can claim-leader not by election, but by inevitability.
As forgotten truths resurface and blood-bound secrets unravel, Elara must decide whether the Shadow World deserves her protection-or whether it must finally reckon with the monster it created. And when Clary Fray's stolen memories lie beyond the reach of angel magic, it is Elara alone who can unlock them, restoring not just memory, but the truth the Clave tried to bury.
Because some lights were never meant to be sealed. And some sins refuse to stay hidden.
alec lightwood × female O.C.