They say that on certain nights, when the moon hangs thin and silver above the mountains, a child's voice can be heard out of nowhere, along your way.
Shivani, the "Storyteller", a little girl who appears only when the moon is high, her head full of impossible tales of gods, hidden heavens, and ancient wars.
Her stories are beautiful, terrifying, and they leave her listeners consumed by emotions they cannot explain-grief for things they never lived, awe for wonders they've never seen.
In the secluded, secret-laden village of Takigakure, Takahashi Renjiro is just an ordinary Genin... until he listens too closely to one of Shivani's twilight whispers.
That single melody unravels the secrets buried within his own blood, awakening a Kekkei Genkai that has been hidden for decades.
Now marked by a legacy he never asked for and haunted by a power he can't control, Renjiro must discover the truth behind the Storyteller's tales.
What terrible burden has Renjiro inherited, and will the secrets of the Shibana Chronicles save him... or doom the world he knows?
Lyra, the Ice Princess of Ice Kingdom, was never meant to fall in love. Especially not with a stranger she was forced to marry. On the morning of her wedding, her unseen fiancé is found dead - and before she can even breathe, she is stolen away by the one man she's always been warned about: the Fire Prince. Dangerous. Obsessive. Unhinged.
She runs.
He chases.
She hurts him.
He smiles.
And no matter how many times she escapes, he always finds her - whispering the same, terrifying promise into her ear:
"You can freeze me, break me, hate me... but you'll never get rid of me. You're mine, Lyra."