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In the radiant kingdom of Elarion's Crest, Ryobi Vaelaris grows up among golden terraces, celestial festivals, ancient magic, and phoenix fire. To most, he is only a bright, curious child with wonder in his heart and starlight in his soul, but Ryobi was never meant to be ordinary. When hidden truths begin to fracture the family that raised him, love turns fragile, grief becomes dangerous, and Ryobi is left caught between divine secrets he cannot understand and wounds no child should ever carry.
As the life he knows collapses around him, Aurelia Amarros, heir to the House of the Sun, refuses to let his story end in darkness. Within the living halls of Amarros Manor, Ryobi finds more than shelter. He finds a celestial room beneath painted stars, an ancient phoenix who teaches him flame, wooden birds filled with memory and old magic, and a family who chooses him even when fate has already marked him for something greater.
Yet beyond the warmth of Amarros Manor, something ancient is waking. Sacred flames flicker, phoenixes weaken, and roots darken beneath the earth. The gods are moving, and Ryobi's protected childhood may be only the beginning of what the world will one day demand from him. Before he can face the destiny waiting in Vaeloria's shadows, Ryobi must first survive the boyhood that almost destroys him.