Ashes of the Divide
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Every year, the world watches as the children of power enter The Trial-an arena where war is simulated to keep peace alive.
Kael Virex is Valdera's cold, calculating heir.
Lyra Caine is Cresenia's fierce, fiery future.
Raised to hate each other. Trained to defeat.
But when the rules begin to unravel, so do their loyalties.
What begins as strategy turns into something forbidden.
And when love becomes their rebellion...
They just might burn the world that built them.
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