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Kaelen Rodrigues must kill Xyrena Draven to complete his Ascension quest.
He doesn't want to.
But fate has never cared about what he wants.
Xyrena receives a mission no less merciless. She must kill King Cassander or vanish from the world as if she had never existed.
At Emberrealm Academy, failure is a silent death.
No memory. No search. No trace.
Truth begins to fracture. Beneath the surface lies a world built on greed, blood, and betrayal. Soon, Xyrena will discover that the greatest secret of all lies within her..
Fate pulls them toward opposite ends.
Love holds them in the same place.
And the world demands that one of them must fall.
For in the darkness, love is not about happiness but about who is willing to break first.
And when that moment comes
will Xyrena choose to live or surrender everything for the ones she loves?
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