The Gilded Crown

For over a thousand years, the Aether--supernatural beings of immense power-have ruled over the fractured remains of humanity. Vampires of the Velkyn Court, fae of the Thornspire, werewolves of the Ashfang Legion, and the dragon-bonded of Sky's End formed the Celestial Body, a royal court of high-born dominance. At its center stands House Virelion, the golden-blooded Celestials, rulers of the empire and stewards of ancient aetheric magic.

Humanity, once sovereign, now survives in the ashes-pushed to the outskirts, scarred by exile, and branded as lesser. But not broken.

Among them is Rhosyn Holloway, a girl from the dust-ridden fringes known as the Children of Cinder-a growing human rebellion. When her brother is recruited into a mission to infiltrate The Astrium Ball, a sacred eclipse gala in the capital city of Andromeda, Rhosyn is dragged into a plan that could change everything: infiltrate the palace, kidnap the bonded of the Crown Prince, and strike at the heart of power.

Except... she is the bonded.

Prince Constantino Virelion was bred for power-trained in fire, air, water, and earth; gifted with telepathy and command of the Aether itself. But when the Solstice brings their fates together, he finds his bonded not among the noble bloodlines of the Celestial Body-but in a human girl who was never meant to step foot in his world.

Torn between duty and desire, loyalty and uprising, Rhosyn and Constantino are pulled into a storm of ancient powers, political betrayal, and forbidden love. All while dark forces stir beneath the gilded halls of Andromeda.

As the eclipse converges and the crown gleams ever brighter, the battle for the future begins-between those born in gold... and those forged within a gilded cage.