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Before the fire. Before the secrets. Before destiny chose its side.
On a bitter winter night, twin infants Ryan and Ayana are abandoned on the steps of St. Felicitas House with nothing but matching amulets and a silent grey dog.
Years later, they remain outcasts-Ryan reckless and defiant, Ayana mute and fragile-struggling beneath the cold rules of an orphanage that was never meant to keep them.
Beyond its walls, however, another story is unfolding.
Rimonda Vinelwards, disgraced daughter of a powerful bloodline, fights to reclaim her place within the ruthless Vinelwards family after a betrayal stained with blood.
When a seemingly ordinary spelling competition opens the door to hidden vaults, coded conspiracies, and forbidden dealings, the twins are thrust into a dangerous world they barely understand.
But while children fight to survive and save their friends from a closing inferno, the Vinelwards pursue a far darker mission-tearing through everything in their path to secure their target, for business comes first, and collateral means nothing.
And while some stories begin with heroes, some begin with survival.