The Falling of a Star

With the Queen of Lausanne dying and the capital unraveling under a string of ritualistic murders, Princess Astrid is forced to fight for a throne no one believes she can hold.

The killings are not random. Bodies are left marked with river stones and ancient sigils, their blood anchoring something beneath the city's foundations. As panic spreads and the Council fractures, Astrid must outmaneuver her aunt across a council table that is far more dangerous than any battlefield.

Beyond the gates wait the elves-beautiful, ageless, and capable of slipping through minds as easily as doors. Led by Prince Abraxas, they offer protection at a cost no one dares name. And within the palace walls, loyalties shift like shadows at dusk.

But the true horror is not at the gates.
It is not in the palace halls.

It is below.