The Crimson Mage
I tripped on the third step of the central spire, my palm slamming against the rune-carved stone just as the vision hit.
Blood pulsed beneath my skin. The seal cracked. A voice—soft, familiar—whispered, *“Not yet, little flame.”*
Then came his voice. Cold. Sharp. “Human. You’re not supposed to be here.”
Kaelos stood above me, silver hair like moonlight, eyes full of disdain. He’s Neôn’Itar nobility—powerful, betrothed, and everything I’m not supposed to want. But he doesn’t know what I carry. What I *am*.
They all underestimate me. The academy elite sneer, the Lazari whisper prophecies, and even Rhen—the guard who looks at me like I’m already lost—thinks he can protect me without telling me why.
But I feel it now. The Crimson Sigil waking in my blood. My mother’s voice in the dark. My father’s secrets. The ancient power buried beneath these stones—and the war coming for it.
You don’t get to choose your bloodline. But you do get to choose what you fight for.
Who will you trust? Who will you love? And when the seals break—will you burn with the world… or save it?