Echoes of the Ruined

In a world where magic is both a blessing and a curse, arden is an anomaly-a warden-in-training born without the magical abilities that define her guild. overlooked and underestimated, she has carved a place for herself through sheer determination. but when a strange corruption begins to disrupt magic across the realm, threatening the delicate balance of power, arden's immunity to magic makes her the guild's only hope.

her mission: to confront the traitorous ex-warden named kael, whose very actions left the guild reeling and whose knowledge might hold the key to solving the crisis, is finally at hand. arden embarks on a voyage fraught with danger into the ruins of a lost city where the magic around her is alive, ancient, and volatile.

but kael is not what she expected. the stories of his betrayal don't match the man she meets-a man driven by his own sense of justice, with secrets that could unravel everything arden thought she knew about her guild, her family, and herself.

as corruption spreads and the mysteries of the old city unfold, arden must decide who to trust and what she's willing to sacrifice. is kael the villain the guild has painted him to be, or is he the only one who can help her uncover the truth?

with the future of magic-and her own heart-in the balance, arden must come to terms with her deepest fears, forging her own path in a world where nothing is as it truly seems.