The past was no longer a mystery. It was a wound—deep, raw, unforgettable.
Kara sat in the darkness of the Shadow King’s domain, her heart still racing from the visions she had seen. The Book of Destiny had not just shown her the truth—it had forced her to feel it. The weight of who she had been, what had been taken from her, pressed against her chest like an iron shackle.
Elarion.
Her home.
Destroyed.
And now, she needed to understand why.
Long before the war that shattered their existence, before the heavens bled and the rivers of starlight turned black, Elarion had been the heart of creation.
It was a realm unlike any other—a place where the strongest beings in existence lived in harmony, untouched by war, unbound by the laws of mortals. The beings of Elarion were more than just
