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Azelia never thought she’d live to see the day her people turned against her.

One moment, she was their princess, their future queen, standing in her father’s throne room with the weight of the kingdom on her shoulders. The next, she was being dragged through the marble halls like a criminal, the crown slipping from her fingers.

And Lorian—the man she trusted more than anyone—stood by and let it happen.

Now, the kingdom she once called home is nothing but a battlefield, and the only person keeping her alive is the one who betrayed her. Lorian says he had no choice. That if he hadn’t played along, he’d be dead too. That he’s trying to fix it.

But how do you trust someone who already shattered you?

As they flee through the dark tunnels beneath Vareth, hunted by forces she doesn’t yet understand, Azelia wrestles with a painful truth: Lorian may be the only person who can help her take back what she lost. But trusting him means risking everything—including her own heart.

Because betrayal is never simple. And sometimes, the worst wounds aren’t the ones left by blades… but by the people we love.

Table of whispers of the fallen

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Volume 1