Nirona

Born on the Ark, Oceana Hale was never meant to survive. The second-born twin in a world where siblings were a crime, her existence was erased before she could take her first breath. When the Ark discovered the truth, her mother was forced to choose between her daughters-one to live, one to die. But rather than execute a child, the council saw another use for Oceana: a test. Alone at just four years old, she was sent plummeting to a world the Ark deemed uninhabitable. The records state she never made it.

But the records lie.

Oceana survived. The ground did not kill her-the Grounders found her. Trikru became her people. Their leader, Anya, became her guardian, raising her as her own, forging her into a warrior. No one knew she had come from the stars. No one knew the true color of her blood. The nightblood coursing through her veins-a secret so dangerous it could shatter the fragile peace of the twelve clans.

For years, she lived in the world she was never supposed to see, the only home she had ever known. But when the hundred fall from the sky, everything changes. Their arrival threatens not just her people-but her secret.

And secrets don't stay buried forever.