Veil of Embers
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Last published Mon, Jul 14, 2025
She was born with nothing-except the power to bring kingdoms to their knees.
After dying alone and forgotten in a cruel world, Kaela awakens to a second chance: reborn in the war-torn kingdom of Elorysia as the daughter of a starving peasant family. Life is no easier this time around. Hunger, loss, and danger are all she's ever known-until her sixteenth birthday, when forbidden magic surges through her veins, and long-buried memories from her previous life return.
Forced to flee her village, Kaela finds herself caught in a web of intrigue, power, and secrets within the kingdom's capital. There, she crosses paths with three powerful men who all seem drawn to her for reasons she doesn't yet understand:
• Cieran Dross - A clever, flirtatious commoner with a dangerous past and a hidden royal bloodline, long erased from history.
• Lord Auren Virell - The ruthless heir of a noble house, brilliant and cruel, hiding a fractured heart behind a cold façade.
• Prince Thalen Evarin - The beloved prince of Elorysia, golden and kind, but carrying the weight of a crown destined for war.
As Kaela's powers grow and the secrets of her reincarnation begin to unravel, the battle for her heart is just one part of a greater storm. Royal conspiracies, magical unrest, and a prophecy that threatens to reshape the world all converge around her.
She was meant to stay forgotten. But fate has other plans.
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