Ashes in the Snowfall
“Fire can burn away the truth, but never the chains buried in the heart.”
Ten years ago, a fire consumed the House of Ashvale, taking with it a duke, his wife, and any trace of what really happened that night.
In the aftermath, their eldest son, Cyrien, rose as the new duke—brilliant, beloved, and deadly loyal to the Second Prince. But behind the gleaming armor and silken words, he hides a truth inked in blood and soot.
Now the Second Prince has crowned himself emperor, after slaughtering his brothers and taking Cyrien’s wife by force. The empire burns from within, and Cyrien, exiled to the war-ridden North, must decide whether to fight for the realm—or destroy it.
Meanwhile, deep in the capital’s shadowed alleys, his youngest brother, Kael, and a masked stranger named Lucien, are tracing the scent of truth through smoke and silence.
In a land where innocence dies quietly and loyalty is paid in fire, some truths refuse to stay buried.
And somewhere above the royal tomb, a single white blossom hangs from a beam—silent witness to a world rotting from the inside out.
If the truth is destined to burn... will you be the first to light the flame?