CROWN OF EMBER AND ECHO

Velstrae thrives on elemental obedience—where the gifted wield fire as law and the flameborn rule from the shadows. Liora, a servant girl with no elemental spark, was destined to live and die beneath nobles’ boots. Until the night she awakens a black flame—one no one can name and everyone fears.



Branded as a threat to the realm, Liora becomes the Queen’s most wanted. Her only hope lies in fleeing across the fractured empire with allies she barely trusts, power she cannot control, and a fate whispered by ancient ruins: Ashborn. Heir to cinders.



Sent to hunt her is Riven, the Queen’s most loyal weapon—a flame-forged killer bound to the crown by a blood oath. Cold, controlled, and merciless, Riven has never failed. But the girl with eyes like smoke and defiance like a blade threatens everything he’s become. She fights like fire incarnate. And worse—she sees him.



Forced into uneasy proximity as war ignites and kingdoms fracture, Liora and Riven tread the thin line between hatred and something far more dangerous. Their bond is forbidden. Their desire, impossible. Yet the deeper they descend into old magic and rebellion, the more they realize: the Queen’s reign was never built to last.



And some flames were meant to burn the world down.