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Kirsten Empyrean was born to have it all. As the ninth child and only daughter of the elite Empyrean lineage, she spent her childhood taking whatever she wanted-and absolutely no one dared say no to her. Raised in unparalleled luxury, her eyes were always fixed on the ultimate prize: the Regal Order's Crown.
But a crown cannot rest on a head that belongs to the sea.
At eight years old, her ambition was cut short when a brutal ambush tore through her family estate. Stranded on a jagged cliffside, she looked into the cold eyes of her older brother, Karl, as he ruthlessly pushed her into the roaring northern waters to eliminate his competition. Her family assumed she drowned. The society forgot her name.
They made a fatal mistake.
Ten years later, Kirsten is eighteen, alive, and entirely unshakable. The coddled, pampered rose of the Empyrean line died in those freezing depths, replaced by a calculating, ruthless political mastermind who will stop at nothing to tear down those who crossed her. Her eight older brothers have spent a decade climbing the ranks of high society, fracturing into powerful, warring titans fighting for the throne. They think the game is theirs to win.
They don't know that Kirsten has returned to play.