who softened the stone?

"She stole from a legend. Now he’s watching.”



Sera was raised in silence and smoke.

A thief of unmatched skill,

She believes in nothing—not in rules, not in people, not in love.



She lives between rooftops and alleyways,

Taking what she wants.

Vanishing without a trace.



Until the night she stole an ancient amulet—

One that belonged to Prince Ilarious,

A creature of myth,

Older than kingdoms, colder than death.



From that moment,

He began watching.



Not chasing.

Just… appearing.

Smiling.



As if what she took wasn’t just his—

But part of him.



She doesn’t know what he wants.

She doesn’t know how to escape.



She stole from a legend—and now she pays the price, but the debt is far from clear.



(This is a side story to "When Crows Weep".

It can be read on its own or after the main novel)