If One of Us Burns

Serai has spent years surviving quietly beneath the weight of grief, healing wounds she cannot fix within herself. Routine keeps her steady. Detached. Safe.

Until a dying Crown guard stumbles into her clinic whispering about songs in the river, bodies in the fog, and eyes that look disturbingly like hers.

Serai wants nothing to do with prophecies, palace politics, or the secrets buried beneath Meridian's throne.

Unfortunately, the kingdom seems determined to drag her toward all three.

Especially Kael-the devastatingly patient prince who sees far too much.

Some truths were buried for a reason.

And some blood remembers anyway.