Seventeen-year-old Anneliese, a girl consumed by books and adored by her parents and sister, lived in a world of her own. She dreamed of a simple life surrounded by the people she loved. But everything changed the day she was captured by royal soldiers and taken to the mysterious Kingdom of Versimoil. Struggling or pleading was futile — she soon realized the only way back home was to escape the royal palace. But all her plans began to fall apart the moment a cold pair of eyes landed on her… eyes that refused to look away. And he — the one who had never bowed to anything but power — found himself falling. All it took was one tear from her mystic eyes to make his self-centered world revolve around her. And in that moment, he knew… he would burn the hell for her.

The chamber did not hold them long after and left emptied, but the weight of its words clung to the air, thick and stubborn. Archimedes returned to one of the many guest chambers to stay the night. Elowyn disappeared into the corridors toward her chamber, already plotting the path through ancient records, her mind humming with sigils and lost names.


Chapter 57 - A Silent Promise