Born before the Sun

Cassian was six years old when he learned that some children are born to be loved, and others are born to be forgotten.
Hidden in a freezing storage room, beaten for existing, and despised by the Duchess who should have protected him, Cassian grows up as the invisible child of House Aeloria, a noble family that refuses to acknowledge his blood.
But even as he endures cruelty from the servants and torment from his half‑siblings, Cassian carries a secret the world has yet to see: a quiet, miraculous magic that heals.
In a palace where kindness is dangerous and hope is a luxury, Cassian must survive long enough to discover why he was born, and what fate has planned for the child no one wanted.