Beneath the Hollow Crown

When Kasira, a bound Warden, is forced to escort a prophesied prince toward a sacrificial fate, she must choose between loyalty to a boy who never asked for power - and defying the system that stole her life before she could claim it.

Kasira never dreamed of saving the world. She only wanted to survive it.

A girl from a razed village, without parents, without options, Kasira was taken to the Sanctum as a child and bound by an oath she was too young to understand, Kasira has spent her life serving in silence. Not as a hero - but as a Warden. A living tether. Her blood is linked to the Chosen One, the prophesied prince who will one day sacrifice himself to seal away an ancient darkness. If the boy dies before he fulfills the prophecy, Kasira dies too.

While the unruly Prince Aeris is celebrated as the Flame who will save the realm, Kasira fights behind the scenes - silencing threats, and shielding him from dangers both political and monstrous. The bards sing of Aeris; no one sings of the woman who bleeds for him.

Kasira is no stranger to duty. But as she journeys with Aeris toward the place where fate will claim them both, old scars deepen, questions rise, and cracks begin to form in the story she has been forced to serve.

Beneath the Hollow Crown is a dark, character-driven fantasy about quiet rebellion, systemic injustice, and what happens when the weapon refuses to be wielded.