CAMELLIA'S POV
"Valdoria?" I repeated, frowning.
The name lingered on my lips, unfamiliar yet strangely exciting.
I knew of it, of course.
The southern kingdom was renowned throughout the continent, particularly for its scholars, healers, and researchers. Its Citadel was said to rival even the greatest institutions in Aurelia—and in certain fields, surpass them entirely.
For someone like me, who had spent her entire life studying herbs within the quiet borders of a small pack territory, the thought of learning there felt almost impossible.
But then reality caught up with me. My excitement faded.
Because between Aurelia and Valdoria lay the Shadowlands.
A vast territory whispered about in every kingdom, a land said to belong to rogues and those who had abandoned pack laws entirely.
