The Valkyrie Kingdom was built on strength, honor, and an unshakable loyalty to the throne. But beneath its golden halls and towering spires, rebellion brewed in the shadows.
**Prince Gunner**, the second-born son of the Valkyrie King, had spent months gathering his followers in secret. Warriors disillusioned with the rule of his elder brother, **Crown Prince Brynhilder**, spies who whispered of corruption, and generals who believed that change was the only way to save their people—all of them had come to Gunner.
He was no longer just a prince. He was a **leader**, the future they were willing to fight for.
But tonight, as he sat in a hidden war room beneath the palace, studying the faces of his closest allies, his attention kept drifting to **Sigrun**.
She stood at the edge of
