Storms no longer bring only rain-they whisper names. Mirrors splinter without touch, and the dead return as if fire never claimed them. Elira knows the silence that lingers over her empire is not peace but warning, each omen tugging her deeper into visions of forgotten thrones and cities that should never have existed. Secrets buried beneath stone and ash claw their way back into the world, and with them comes a truth she was never meant to remember: her bloodline was not made to rule, but to seal. As whispers grow into voices and cults rise from the shadows, she is left with a choice no crown can guide-contain what stirs beneath the empire, or embrace it, and risk becoming the very fire her ancestors feared.
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