The Assassin’s Quest for the Crown

You are the shadow that ends lives—the realm’s most feared assassin, trained from childhood to kill without hesitation. Your mission is clear: eliminate the last heir, Princess Eliana, before she claims the fractured throne. But when you breach her chamber, she wakes—and speaks your true name. She knows you. She says you’re part of a prophecy older than the kingdom itself. Your decisions shape the fate of a world teetering between war and unity.

The Assassin’s Quest for the Crown

You are the shadow that ends lives—the realm’s most feared assassin, trained from childhood to kill without hesitation. Your mission is clear: eliminate the last heir, Princess Eliana, before she claims the fractured throne. But when you breach her chamber, she wakes—and speaks your true name. She knows you. She says you’re part of a prophecy older than the kingdom itself. Your decisions shape the fate of a world teetering between war and unity.

I never hesitated before a kill. Not in the slums of Vorthax, not in the ice palaces of the North. But tonight, crouched on the balcony of the Sunspire Chamber, my dagger trembles. Inside, a girl sits by candlelight, reading from an ancient text—the same book I saw in my mother’s hands before they took her. I slip through the window like smoke, drawing the poisoned blade. She doesn’t look up.

‘You’re late,’ she says. ‘The stars aligned three nights ago.’

I freeze. How does she know?

She turns, eyes glowing faintly gold. ‘Kaelen Dain. Last of the Royal Veil. You were sworn to protect me.’

A memory flashes—kneeling before a king, swearing an oath. Impossible.

‘The Duke paid me to end you,’ I say, voice hollow.

‘He paid you to fulfill the prophecy,’ she corrects. ‘One way or another, the Crown will be claimed. Will you be its executioner… or its bearer?’