THE TESTAMENT In a world where magic is destiny, what happens when destiny forgets you? Centuries ago, magic became one with humanity. Its origins were lost to time, buried beneath conflicting legends of fallen stars, immortal beings, and a forgotten goddess. Today, every child in Auralis carries an Ika—a second being that awakens on their first birthday, revealing the Gift that will determine their place in the world. Across the seven nations, power takes many forms: flame, storms, earth, water, life, shadows, and time. Your Gift determines who you are, where you belong, and how much your life is worth. But not everyone is born equal. Seventeen-year-old Ala is an Urger, one of the less-powerful members of society. Worse, she has no awakened Ika. With her eighteenth birthday approaching, she faces her final chance to discover the power everyone else believes she should possess. In a world that has already decided she is insignificant, Ala has little reason to believe her fate can change. Until the secrets of The Testament begin to surface. An ancient, living book holds the truth behind the origins of magic, a history someone went to extraordinary lengths to erase, and a legend that may be far more than a myth. Its pages contain voices and languages no ordinary person can comprehend. But the book has its own rules. And it speaks only to the True One. As buried truths begin to unravel, Ala must confront a terrifying possibility: perhaps the greatest threat to Auralis is not the absence of magic, but the truth behind its existence. Because some Gifts are inherited. Some are stolen. And some were never meant to awaken at all.