Where shadows wake

Dragons are dead, magic has faded, and the war is on the verge of starting once again.

Aywen Harrow has spent her life surviving the far reaches of a world that wanted nothing to do with her or her kind.

Half-breed
Courtesan
Outsider

She has learned to move quietly, take up little space, and to expect nothing from no one.

When she is summoned to the King's court, the realm answers with suspicion. Whispers follow her through gilded halls. Doors close. Eyes linger too long. The palace is a place of old wounds and older secrets, and Aywen's presence stirs both.

Something else is waking. Something older than kings, older than war, older than the dying magic that once shaped the world. As shadows begin to shift around her, Aywen must navigate a court that was never meant to accept her while a force she does not understand begins to take notice.
In a kingdom losing its light, even the tiniest spark can change everything.