Heavy is the crown

How far would you go for power?

Everyone believes their morals are unshakable-until life gives them something worth losing.

Serena Kane was raised to believe the world could be saved through mercy. Bellamy Blake learned that mercy gets people killed.
She spent her life surrounded by light. He learned to survive in the dark. But somewhere between impossible choices, bloodstained hands, and promises neither of them could keep, hate became something far more dangerous.

"You're becoming just like me," Bellamy yelled, holding back tears.

"No," she whispered, tears stinging her eyes. "I'm becoming someone I'd never forgive."

In a world where power is bought with sacrifice, every choice leaves another scar. Because the hardest lesson isn't learning how to survive.
It's realizing that love can turn monsters into heroes-but also heroes into monsters.