Let the Stars Crown Us

One is the heir to a golden crown. The other is the secret no kingdom dares name.
They were never meant to find each other.

In the heart of Thorneveil, Princess Auren wears her title like a gilded shackle. Bound by duty, sculpted by expectation, she is raised not to rule as herself-but as a symbol. Yet in the quiet of her heart, she dreams of another life. One where freedom smells like river bloom, and the wind doesn't carry the weight of a nation.

Sylas carries no crown-only a name hunted by magic and marred by exile. Raised in the shadows of Solmyrra, he was never meant to return to the land that forsook him. But fate has sharp edges-and when their paths cross beneath the stars, neither can look away.

What begins as a spark becomes something far more dangerous: A love written in secrecy, stitched in silence, and cursed by bloodlines older than the realm itself.

With enemies lurking in fog and the court watching every move, Auren and Sylas must decide what they're willing to risk-for love, for power, and for the truth buried in their blood.

Because some stories don't end with crowns.
Some begin with the stars.