A flameborn heir.
A haunted alpha.
A throne built on silence, and a war that will set it ablaze.
Ariella Isolde was never meant to lead. Born with fire in her blood and loss carved into her bones, she's been hunted, hidden, and hardened by a world that fears what she is: the last living weapon of a dying line.
When the Black Vale stirs again-its ancient gates cracking open for the first time in a century, Ariella is forced out of exile. The crown that destroyed her mother is calling her home. But she won't fight alone.
By her side stands Dorian, a fallen Nightborn prince with a blade forged in betrayal and eyes that see through every lie but his own. And Cassie, the one person Ariella swore she'd never love-but can't seem to survive without.
But the deeper Ariella pushes into the Vale, the more she uncovers about the war that started long before her birth... and the Hollow King, an ancient force that doesn't want to rule, only to unmake.
Fate may have chosen her, but Ariella is done being chosen.
She'll burn the world down before she lets anyone claim her again.