Crucible's Gaze
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One to shape. One to unmake. Together, they rewrite the world.
At fifteen, Tanya Veyra has only ever known duty - a foster daughter of the prestigious Veyra line, trained to honor the legacy of House Glass. But when she's summoned to the Academy of Resonance, the crucible where heirs of every noble House forge their aether gifts, Tanya discovers that power is never just inherited... it's chosen.
The Academy is a world of brilliance and peril - where rival Halls clash for dominance, aether hums through marble veins, and every heir carries a secret older than blood. For Tanya, that secret begins with the mirror - and the two sigils that stir within it. Mimic and Null.
When her resonance awakens in battle, Tanya forms a dangerous bond with Scorian Veyth, her rival and protector - a bond that echoes a mythical catastrophe between their ancient bloodlines. And when Helios Solenne, heir of the blazing House of Eclipse, begins to circle her orbit with his own quiet knowledge, Tanya finds herself trapped between destiny and choice, truth and survival.
As the Crucible stirs with whispers of forbidden power, Tanya must uncover what she truly is before the Academy decides for her.
Because legends don't sleep forever - and some are born to repeat themselves.
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